Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to atrophy
Participle: atrophied
Gerund: atrophying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | atrophy |
| you | atrophy |
| he;she;it | atrophies |
| we | atrophy |
| you | atrophy |
| they | atrophy |
Perfect
| I | have atrophied |
| you | have atrophied |
| he;she;it | has atrophied |
| we | have atrophied |
| you | have atrophied |
| they | have atrophied |
Past
| I | atrophied |
| you | atrophied |
| he;she;it | atrophied |
| we | atrophied |
| you | atrophied |
| they | atrophied |
Pluperfect
| I | had atrophied |
| you | had atrophied |
| he;she;it | had atrophied |
| we | had atrophied |
| you | had atrophied |
| they | had atrophied |
Future
| I | will atrophy |
| you | will atrophy |
| he;she;it | will atrophy |
| we | will atrophy |
| you | will atrophy |
| they | will atrophy |
Future Perfect
| I | will have atrophied |
| you | will have atrophied |
| he;she;it | will have atrophied |
| we | will have atrophied |
| you | will have atrophied |
| they | will have atrophied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | atrophy |
| you | atrophy |
| he;she;it | atrophy |
| we | atrophy |
| you | atrophy |
| they | atrophy |
Perfect
| I | have atrophied |
| you | have atrophied |
| he;she;it | have atrophied |
| we | have atrophied |
| you | have atrophied |
| they | have atrophied |
Imperfect
| I | atrophied |
| you | atrophied |
| he;she;it | atrophied |
| we | atrophied |
| you | atrophied |
| they | atrophied |
Pluperfect
| I | had atrophied |
| you | had atrophied |
| he;she;it | had atrophied |
| we | had atrophied |
| you | had atrophied |
| they | had atrophied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would atrophy |
| you | would atrophy |
| he;she;it | would atrophy |
| we | would atrophy |
| you | would atrophy |
| they | would atrophy |
Perfect
| I | would have atrophied |
| you | would have atrophied |
| he;she;it | would have atrophied |
| we | would have atrophied |
| you | would have atrophied |
| they | would have atrophied |
Imperative
| you | atrophy |
| we | Let's atrophy |
| you | atrophy |
Verbs conjugated like 'atrophy'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'atrophy'
trophy,
eutrophy,
atray,
atroke,
atrout,
autopsy,
awroth,
strop,
stroy,
trolly,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- shrivel
- wilt, shrink, wither, decay, droop, languish, waste
Antonyms
- to make strong or stronger
- debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, strengthen, weaken
- shrivel
- unfold, expand, spread, dilate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1597 (implied in atrophied), from Fr. atrophie, from L.L. atrophia, from Gk. atrophia "a wasting away," noun of state from atrophos "ill-fed, un-nourished," from a- "not" + trophe "nourishment," from trephein "to fatten."
2. Borrowed from French atrophie, from Latin atrophia, from Ancient Greek ἀτροφία (atrophía, “a wasting away”), from ἄτροφος (átrophos, “ill-fed, un-nourished”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”), from τρέφω (tréphō, “to fatten”). Equivalent to a- + -trophy.
Sample Sentences
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Boy. I love summer vacation. I can feel my brain beginning to atrophy already. [1987 June 13, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):]
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The M10 highway looks normal enough at the southern limits of St. Petersburg, but then, with a jolt, it begins to atrophy. For the next 430 miles the surface of the highway, while paved, varies from corduroy to jaw-rattling patchwork. [2013 October 13, Ellen Barry, “The Russia Left Behind: A journey through a heartland on the slow road to ruin”, in The New York Times:]
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Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion [2001, “Schism” (04:35-05:10 from the start), in Lateralus, performed by Tool:]