extenuate
verb · adjectiveB2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Động từ
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.
(formal, obsolete, transitive)To beat or draw (a metal object, etc.) out so as to lessen the thickness.
- 5.
(formal, obsolete, transitive)To reduce the quality or quantity of (something); to lessen or weaken the force of (something).
Đồng nghĩa: mitigate
- 6.
(formal, obsolete, transitive)To degrade (someone); to detract from (someone's qualities, reputation, etc.); to depreciate, to disparage.
Tính từ
adjective- 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.
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ine-pro 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), from ex- + tenuō, from tenuis (fine, slender, thin; feeble, weak) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tenh₂- (to extend, stretch; thin)) + -ō. Compare attenuate.