succumbing
Losing the fight
Succumbing is giving way to superior force or overwhelming pressure.
You succumb to temptation, illness, or exhaustion—yielding to something you can't resist: After weeks of fighting the infection, he finally succumbed.
The word implies defeat after struggle, whether physical, emotional, or moral: She succumbed to the urge to check her phone.
Bending under pressure
- indulgingSatisfying a craving
- cavingSport of exploring caverns
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- desireIntense wanting
craving · lure · seduction · enticement · allure · giving in · relenting · faltering
Cease resistance, yield
- capitulationComplete yielding to demands
- submissionYielding to another's will
- concessionYielding a point
- yieldingBending under pressure
giving in · acquiescence · resignation · collapse · downfall · loss · vanquished · conquered
Completely swallowed up
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- overcomePrevail against difficulty
- consumedFully used or eaten
drowning · buried · besieged · flooded · deluged · overpowered · submerged · crushed
Ceasing to live
- perishingIn process of dying
- expiringCeasing to be valid
- fatalCausing death or ruin
- terminalAt the endpoint
deteriorating · weakening · declining · wasting · afflicted · stricken · overcome · ravaged
Deficiency in force
- fragilityEase of breaking
- susceptibilityLiability to influence
- exposureState of being unprotected
- defenselessnessState of being unprotected
frailty · sensitivity · precariousness · thin-skinned · unprotected · prone · at risk · helplessness
yielding
Bending under pressure
desire · craving · lure · seduction · enticement · allure · giving in · relenting · faltering · weakness of will
surrender
Cease resistance, yield
- capitulationComplete yielding to demands
- submissionYielding to another's will
- concessionYielding a point
yielding · giving in · acquiescence · resignation · collapse · downfall · loss · vanquished · conquered · overpowered
engulfed
Completely swallowed up
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- overcomePrevail against difficulty
consumed · drowning · buried · besieged · flooded · deluged · overpowered · submerged · crushed · exhaustion
dying
Ceasing to live
terminal · deteriorating · weakening · declining · wasting · afflicted · stricken · overcome · ravaged · consumed
weakness
Deficiency in force
- fragilityEase of breaking
- susceptibilityLiability to influence
- exposureState of being unprotected
defenselessness · frailty · sensitivity · precariousness · thin-skinned · unprotected · prone · at risk · helplessness · openness
- setbacksfailing, back to square one, stuck, losing, stumbles
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- submissivenesssubmissiveness, docility, meekness, obedience, tractability
- dyingdying, expiring, passing, passing away, perishing
succumbingresisting
Actively opposing pressure
withstanding · holding out · defying · persevering · enduring
succumbingsurviving
Remaining alive or intact
enduring · pulling through · recovering · living · remaining
succumbingconquering
Defeating and taking control
prevailing · overcoming · triumphing · vanquishing · defeating