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enervous

enervous adjective: lacking nerve or force.

Adjective

enervous (comparative more enervous, superlative most enervous)

  1. Lacking nerve or force
    Synonyms:
    enervated
  2. without nerves.

Synonyms of enervous

Forms of enervous

comparativemore enervous
superlativemost enervous

Origin of enervous

From Latin enervis, enervus.

Questions about enervous

What does enervous mean?
Enervous means lacking nerve or force.
What part of speech is enervous?
Enervous is an adjective.

Words near enervous in the dictionary

  1. enervators
  2. enerve
  3. enerved
  4. enerves
  5. enerving
  6. enervous
  7. enestebol
  8. Enets
  9. enevitable
  10. enew
  11. enewed

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