ATROPHYING Synonyms

• any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)

• wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction

• making light of

• process or result of becoming less or smaller

• the act of becoming less

• becoming weaker

• the act of reducing the strength of something

• causing debilitation

• moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker

• the process of gradually becoming inferior

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• the organic phenomenon of rotting

• an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying

• the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation

• lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

• fall into decay or ruin

• undergo decay or decomposition

• change toward something smaller or lower

• a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• a downward slope or bend

• grow worse

• not accept as true

• show unwillingness towards

• grow smaller

• go down

• fall in value

• inflect for number, gender, case, etc.

• a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

• unrestrained by convention or morality

• grow progressively worse

• become worse or disintegrate

• grow progressively worse

• lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

• have a desire for something or someone who is not present

• become feeble

• To collapse inward; to crumble.

• To become wrinkled.

• To draw into wrinkles.

• The act or process by which something shrivels.

• a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse