"debuff" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /diːˈbʌf/, /diːˈbʊf/ [Northern-England], /ˈdiː.bʌf/ Forms: debuffs [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: de- + buff (“to make a player or item stronger”) Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|buff|t2=to make a player or item stronger}} de- + buff (“to make a player or item stronger”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} debuff (plural debuffs)
  1. (roleplaying games, video games) An effect that makes a game character weaker; a negative status effect. Categories (topical): Role-playing games, Video games Synonyms: status ailment, nerf
    Sense id: en-debuff-en-noun-9WBslX86 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 59 41 Topics: video-games

Verb [English]

IPA: /diːˈbʌf/, /diːˈbʊf/ [Northern-England], /ˈdiː.bʌf/ Forms: debuffs [present, singular, third-person], debuffing [participle, present], debuffed [participle, past], debuffed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: de- + buff (“to make a player or item stronger”) Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|buff|t2=to make a player or item stronger}} de- + buff (“to make a player or item stronger”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} debuff (third-person singular simple present debuffs, present participle debuffing, simple past and past participle debuffed)
  1. (roleplaying games, video games) To make a character or unit weaker. Categories (topical): Role-playing games, Video games Related terms: status effect Translations (to make something weaker): (尤指电子游戏中对角色或功能的)减弱 (Chinese Mandarin), (コンピュータゲーム,ロールプレイングゲーム)デバフ (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-debuff-en-verb-oO3Do~KN Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for debuff meaning in All languages combined (4.2kB)

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