enervating
enervating is the present participle and gerund of enervate.
Meaning of enervate
Verb
enervate (third-person singular simple present enervates, present participle enervating, simple past and past participle enervated)
- To reduce strength or energy; debilitate.
- After being laid off three times in a row, she felt too enervated to look for another job.
- Synonyms:
- debilitate, weaken, enfeeble
- To weaken morally or mentally.
- To partially or completely remove a nerve.
- Synonyms:
- denervate, deinnervate
Adjective
enervating (comparative more enervating, superlative most enervating)
- That enervates.
- No enervating arts refined
To slumber lull'd his heaven-born might;
No weak indulgence warp'd thy mind,
To cloud a hero's path of light.1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, Grave of the Mother of Washington, page 10 - I rose by candle-light, and consumed, in the intensest application, the hours which every other individual of our party wasted in enervating slumbers, from the hesternal dissipation or debauch.1828, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter XX, in Pelham; or, The Adventures of a Gentleman. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 196
- No enervating arts refined
Forms of enervating
| comparative | more enervating |
|---|---|
| superlative | most enervating |
Words formed from enervating
Questions about enervating
- What does enervating mean?
- Enervating means that enervates.
- What is enervating the present participle and gerund of?
- Enervating is the present participle and gerund of enervate.
- What part of speech is enervating?
- Enervating is an adjective.
Words near enervating in the dictionary
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