to enfeeble

Examples

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• In his Farewell Address, George Washington warned that parties "distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration" by their "ill-founded jealousies and false alarms."

  Academic text (1992)

• Electronic resources can enable or enfeeble inquiry, as the history of educational technology demonstrates.

  Academic text (2007)

• American life has enfeebled his mind.

  Mortal Kombat (1995)

• There was just so much recovery to be made that they were enfeebled in truth.

  Blog text (9)

• In the 1990s, an enfeebled Russia needed help from abroad.

  Academic text (2007)

• I do not have what it takes to care for the emotionally enfeebled.

  Fiction book (2000)

• But with my enfeebled health, I don't know that I shall ever be able to complete it, without my assistant.

  The Gazer (2021)

• Responsibility shrivels the imagination and enfeebles the will.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Meanwhile, the fractious Atlantic alliance, enfeebled by two wars and an economic crisis, is said to be fading away.

  Academic text (2010)

• Enfeebled by the loss of those taken-for-granted capabilities, the entity was again imperiled by the invaders.

  Fiction book (2002)

Synonyms

D

to drain

vsto enfeeble

189 3.4

To slowly use up energy, money, or other resources

denotes causing very strong weakness suddenly rather than slow depletion

D

to debilitate

vsto enfeeble

20 7.7

To make a person, animal, or thing weak and less able to work

causes very great loss of strength rather than mild weakening

E

to enervate

vsto enfeeble

• Formal

2 9.0

Make someone feel weak and without energy

is about producing very deep physical weakness rather than only drained energy

P

to prostrate

vsto enfeeble

1 8.2

To make someone very weak and unable to fight back

implies making very weak but focuses less on helplessness

E

to exsanguinate

vsto enfeeble

1 9.9

To make something weak by taking away what it needs

means causing very severe loss of strength rather than slight weakening

Antonyms

S

to strengthen

327 3.0

To make muscles, relationships, or groups stronger

E

to empower

157 4.2

Give someone the power and confidence to do something

How Weak

to cripple

72 6.3

to incapacitate

46 7.5

to debilitate

20 7.7

to enfeeble

2 8.4

to weaken

305 2.8

to impair

61 5.1

Surface Forms

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Etymology