extenuate

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Verb

1. (formal, transitive) To make (something) less dense, or thinner; also, to lower the viscosity of (something).
2. (archaic, formal, transitive) To make (someone or something) slender or thin; to emaciate, to waste.
3. (archaic, formal, transitive) To underestimate or understate the importance of (something); to underrate.
4. (archaic, formal, specifically, transitive) To underestimate or understate the importance of (something); to underrate.
5. (formal, obsolete, transitive) To beat or draw (a metal object, etc.) out so as to lessen the thickness.
6. (formal, obsolete, transitive) To reduce the quality or quantity of (something); to lessen or weaken the force of (something).
7. (formal, obsolete, transitive) To degrade (someone); to detract from (someone's qualities, reputation, etc.); to depreciate, to disparage.

Adj

1. (formal, obsolete, transitive) Of a person: emaciated, wasted, weakened; of the body or part of it: atrophied, shrunken, withered.
2. (formal, obsolete, transitive) Of a quality or thing: lessened, weakened.
3. (formal, obsolete, transitive) Reduced to poverty; impoverished.

Konzepte

abschwächen

dämpfen

einschränken

erniedrigen

fallen

herabsetzen

kürzen

nachlassen

senken

vermindern

verringern

abnehmen

zurückgehen

beschönigen

Gegenteil von

aggravate

Synonyme

palliate

mitigate

allay

lessen

gloss over

whitewash

diminish

reduce

temper

moderate

decrease

deplete

ease

euphemize

excuse

explain away

extenuation

gloze

lower

make smaller

mince

prune

put down

qualify

relax

relieve

remit

retrench

scale down

season

shorten

shrink

smooth out

tone down

trim

underestimate

underestimation

underrate

underrating

abate

soften down

abridge

attenuate

bate

break

curtail

cut

cut back

damp

decline

Übersetzungen

atenuar

atténuer

ελαφρύνω

verminderen

annacquare

μετριάζω

amortiguar

pallier

ridurre

diminuire

exténuer

attenuare

amoindrir

azaltmak

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ɪkˈstɛnjʊeɪt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle English extenuat (“(medicine) made thin, emaciated”), from Latin extenuātus (“diminished, reduced, thinned”), perfect passive participle of extenuō (“to diminish, reduce, thin”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ex- (“out-, thoroughly”) + tenuō (“to enfeeble, weaken, wear down; to lessen, reduce; to make thin”) from tenuō, itself from tenuis (“fine, slender, thin; feeble, weak”) + -ō (first conjugation-verb forming suffix) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tenh₂- (“to extend, stretch; thin”)).