enfeebling
- adjective
- /ɪnˈfiːblɪŋ/
:
debilitante
- He decided to remove the enfeebling habits from his life to become stronger and more resilient.
Examples
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The constant criticism from her peers was enfeebling, making her lose confidence in her abilities.
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Living in a toxic environment can have enfeebling effects on your mental well-being.
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Making art about art appeared to me both to be parasitic and to place the second work of art, the poem in this case, at an extra and enfeebling remove from life.
Academic text (1996) -
All the wormy, enfeebling pressures of the past year would be evicted from his spirit, and for the first time he'd be able to choose a path in life rather than accept the one upon which he had been set by necessity.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
20
7.7
To make a person, animal, or thing weak and less able to work
14
5.6
To slowly make someone or something weaker
2
8.4
To make a person or thing very weak
1
8.3
Making someone feel very tired and weak
1
8.2
To make someone very weak and unable to fight back
Causing a loss of strength and energy so a person cannot do normal activities
Causing a person, animal, or thing to become less strong
Antonyms
How Weak
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5.8
1
7.0
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7.5
1
4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Enfeebling comes from the en- part, which means 'make' or 'cause', plus the common word feeble, which means 'weak', so it literally means 'making weak'. That's why something described as enfeebling causes a loss of strength or power.