He was weak enough to succumb to temptation.
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Succumb
//səˈkʌm//
Synonyms for "succumb" (149 found)
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1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
85 translations across 25 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- отстъпвам verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
- поддавам се verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
- предавам се verb (to give up, or give in)
- умирам verb (to die)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 屈從 /屈从 verb (to give up, or give in)
- 屈服 verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 屈從 /屈从 verb (to give up, or give in)
- 屈服 verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
- 死 verb (to die)
Czech
3 entries- podlehnout verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
- podlehnout verb (to give up, or give in)
- podlehnout verb (to die)
Dutch
4 entries- bezwijken verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
- bezwijken verb (to die)
- opgeven verb (to give up, or give in)
- overweldigen verb (to overwhelm)
Esperanto
1 entries- venkiĝi verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
Finnish
4 entries- antaa periksi verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
- antaa periksi verb (to give up, or give in)
- antautua verb (to give up, or give in)
- menehtyä verb (to die)
French
3 entries- succomber verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
- succomber verb (to give up, or give in)
- succomber verb (to die)
Georgian
2 entries- დანებება verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
- დანებება verb (to give up, or give in)
German
4 entries- den Geist aufgeben verb (to die)
- erliegen verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
- erliegen verb (to die)
- nachgeben verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
Greek
3 entries- υποκύπτω verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
- υποκύπτω verb (to give up, or give in)
- υποκύπτω verb (to die)
Hungarian
4 entries- alulmarad verb (to give up, or give in)
- belehal verb (to die)
- elbukik verb (to give up, or give in)
- elhuny verb (to die)
Italian
3 entries- arrendersi verb (to give up, or give in)
- soccombere verb (to give up, or give in)
- soccombere verb (to die)
Latin
2 entries- succumbō verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
- succumbō verb (to give up, or give in)
Māori
2 entries- auheke verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
- auheke verb (to give up, or give in)
Norwegian
1 entries- gi etter verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- føye seg verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
- gi etter verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
- gi opp verb (to give up, or give in)
- gi opp ånden verb (to die)
Polish
4 entries- przytłoczyć verb (to overwhelm)
- ulec verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
- ulec verb (to give up, or give in)
- umrzeć verb (to die)
Portuguese
4 entries- desistir verb (to give up, or give in)
- morrer verb (to die)
- sucumbir verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
- sucumbir verb (to give up, or give in)
Romanian
4 entries- a se da bătut verb (to give up, or give in)
- ceda verb (to give up, or give in)
- sucomba verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
- sucomba verb (to die)
Russian
3 entries- умирать verb (to die)
- уступа́ть verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
- уступа́ть verb (to give up, or give in)
Slovene
2 entries- podleči verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
- podleči verb (to die)
Spanish
4 entries- ceder verb (to give up, or give in)
- rendirse verb (to give up, or give in)
- sucumbir verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
- sucumbir verb (to give up, or give in)
Swedish
1 entries- dö verb (to die)
Telugu
2 entries- లొంగు verb (to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire)
- లొంగు verb (to give up, or give in)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Endeavor to reach your objectives and do not succumb to failures.
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She had chosen to succumb to parental pressure.
Source: tatoeba (2060837)
To decide means to succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set.
Source: tatoeba (3149833)
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