Impair

Verb

 * 1) to weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.

Derived terms

 * impairment

Adverbs for Impair
palpably; seriously; disastrously; permanently; superficially; fatally; dangerously; cruelly.

Thesaurus
abate, abrade, abstract, abuse, afflict, aggravate, aggrieve, bate, befoul, bewitch, blemish, blight, condemn, corrupt, cripple, crucify, curse, curtail, damage, decrease, deduct, defile, deprave, depreciate, derogate, despoil, destroy, deteriorate, detract, dilapidate, diminish, disadvantage, disparage, disserve, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, drain, eat away, embitter, endamage, envenom, erode, exacerbate, extract, file away, get into trouble, harass, harm, hex, hurt, infect, injure, irritate, jinx, leach, lessen, make worse, maltreat, mar, menace, mistreat, molest, outrage, persecute, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, prejudice, purify, put back, reduce, refine, remove, retrench, rub away, ruin, sap, savage, scathe, shorten, spoil, subduct, subtract, taint, take away, take from, tarnish, thin, thin out, threaten, torment, torture, undermine, violate, vitiate, weaken, wear away, weed, withdraw, worsen, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong

Etymology
From empeirier, from  *impeiorare, from in- +  peiorare: < peior:, a comparative of malus:.

Translations

 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * German: beeinträchtigen (1)
 * Portuguese: prejudicar, enfraquecer, diminuir


 * Romanian: a afecta in mod negativ, a diminua efectul, a subrezi
 * Russian: ослаблять
 * Spanish:, ,

Adjective

 * 1) odd (of a number)
 * 3 est un nombre impair. - 3 is an odd number.

Antonyms

 * pair

Anagrams

 * primai