Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Lacking strength or vigor; weakened, often due to illness, age, or exhaustion: Describes a state of being physically or mentally enfeebled, drained of energy, or impaired in function.

Usage

• The adjective debilitated is used to describe a person, organism, or sometimes a system that has become very weak. It often implies a significant loss of normal strength or capacity, typically as a result of a specific cause like a long illness, a severe condition, or extreme fatigue.
• It is a formal term commonly found in medical, literary, or descriptive contexts.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • After months of chemotherapy, the patient was severely debilitated and required constant care.
  • The debilitated old tree could no longer withstand the strong winds.
  • The team's performance was debilitated by the key player's injury.

Advanced Usage

• "to feel debilitated": to experience a profound sense of weakness.
  • She felt completely debilitated by the chronic pain.
• "debilitated state": a condition characterized by severe weakness.
  • The infection left him in a debilitated state for weeks.

Variants and Related Words

• Debilitate (verb): to make weak or feeble; to enfeeble.
  • The disease can debilitate even the strongest individuals.
• Debilitation (noun): the process of becoming debilitated, or the state of being debilitated.
  • The debilitation caused by malnutrition is a serious concern.

Synonyms

• Enfeebled: weakened, made feeble.
• Weakened: reduced in strength or intensity.
• Sapped: drained of strength or vitality.
• Prostrated: laid low; overcome physically or emotionally.

Antonyms

• Strengthened: made stronger.
• Invigorated: filled with energy and life.
• Robust: strong and healthy; vigorous.
• Sturdy: strongly built; hardy.

Related Phrases

• Debilitated by: weakened as a result of (a specific cause).
  • He was debilitated by years of hard labor.
• Physically debilitated: specifically weakened in body.
  • The rescue workers were physically debilitated after the long search.

Adjective

1. lacking strength or vigor