GAINS Antonyms

• (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)

• the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

• a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds

• the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

• 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 change downward

• a process of becoming smaller or shorter

• the amount by which something decreases

• the act of decreasing or reducing something

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• make become smaller

• the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required

• a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning

• (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing

• an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)

• the act of decreasing something markedly

• the state of being depleted

• a symptom of reduced quality or strength

• process of changing to an inferior state

• change toward something smaller or lower

• the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)

• the act of decreasing or reducing something

• the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

• the expression of opposition and disapproval

• the act of discouraging

• failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

• the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

• a sudden decline in strength or number or importance

• the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends

• rate lower; lower in value or esteem

• a swing downward of a golf club

• a worsening of business or economic activity

• the quality of being a hindrance

• an act that fails

• an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose

• lack of success

• a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently

• an unexpected omission

• inability to discharge all your debts as they come due

• loss of ability to function normally

• the occurrence of a change for the worse

• a symptom of reduced quality or strength

• the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness

• damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality

• the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)

• the act of decreasing or reducing something

• any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

• the act of reducing complexity

• an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state

• the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)

• returning to a former state

• an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

• something that is lost

• gradual decline in amount or activity

• the act of losing someone or something

• the disadvantage that results from losing something

• the experience of losing a loved one

• the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue

• military personnel lost by death or capture

• euphemistic expressions for death