Sinewed [verb]

Definition of Sinewed:

make more forceful, powerful

Synonyms of Sinewed:

● Bolster

● Restore

● Extend

● Invigorate

● Establish

● Support

● Build up

● Enlarge

● Step up

● Increase

● Reinforce

● Sustain

● Set up

● Heighten

● Enhance

● Toughen

● Intensify

● Tone

● Buttress

● Rejuvenate

● Ascend

● Corroborate

● Fortify

● Confirm

● Regenerate

● Add

● Wax

● Anneal

● Brace

● Empower

● Rise

● Multiply

● Steel

● Substantiate

● Mount

● Harden

● Renew

● Temper

● Justify

● Sinew

● Add fuel to fire

● Make firm

● Tone up


Opposite/Antonyms of Sinewed:

● Discourage

● Hurt

● Break down

● Fall

● Drop

● Descend

● Decline

● Kill

● Halt

● Reduce

● Diminish

● Shrink

● Lower

● Dissuade

● Dishearten

● Slump

● Soften

● Disprove

● Reject

● Deny

● Contradict

● Ruin

● Subtract

● Slow

● Weaken

● Let down

● Lessen

● Decrease

● Curtail

● Condense

● Abridge

● Destroy

● Undermine

● Hinder


Sentence/Example of Sinewed:

But the buckskins were sinewed with whalebone and used to desert work.

The growl in his deep chest and sinewed throat was that of a wolf.

He showed her his two hands, big and sinewed, capable and strong.

Smiler came in, tattered and unkempt as usual, but wiry and sinewed, as anyone could see at a glance.

He dreamed of building an airplane with metal, wood and fabric to emulate the sinewed, feathered grace of a soaring gull.

A fine figure of a mariner he strode along, erect, deep-chested, thewed and sinewed like a bull.

Ezra opened his mouth, no doubt to cry aloud, but Hal clapped a sinewed hand over it, and slammed him back against the wall.

If his genius was somewhat less fine, it was infinitely better thewed and sinewed.