impair

1 make worse or less effective; "His vision was impaired"

2 make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" [syn: mar, spoil, deflower, vitiate]

English

Etymology

From empeirier, from *impejorare, from in- + pejorare.

Verb

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

Derived terms

• impairment

Translations

• Finnish: haitata, heikentää
• French: détériorer, abîmer, affaiblir
• German: beeinträchtigen (1)
• Romanian: a afecta in mod negativ, a diminua efectul, a subrezi
• Portuguese: prejudicar, enfraquecer, diminuir

French

Adjective

impair

1. odd (of a number)

   3 est un nombre impair. - 3 is an odd number.

Antonyms

• pair

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