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| VERB: | 1. To lessen the strength of by or as if by admixture: attenuate, cut, dilute, water (down), weaken. See STRONG. 2. To become diffuse: attenuate, rarefy. See TIGHTEN. 3. To make physically thin or thinner: slim. Archaic : extenuate. See FAT, INCREASE. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Lower than normal in strength or concentration due to admixture: dilute, washy, watered-down, waterish, watery, weak. See STRONG. 2. Not plausible or believable: flimsy, implausible, improbable, inconceivable, incredible, shaky, unbelievable, unconceivable, unconvincing, unsubstantial, weak. See LIKELY. 3. Conspicuously deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent: exiguous, meager, poor, puny, scant, scanty, skimpy, spare, sparse, stingy. Slang : measly. See BIG, EXCESS. 4. Having little flesh or fat on the body: angular, bony, fleshless, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean2, meager, rawboned, scrawny, skinny, slender, slim, spare, twiggy, weedy. Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail. See FAT. 5. Marked by great diffusion of component particles: rare, rarefied. See TIGHTEN.
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