enervating

/'enə:veitiɳ/

Thân thiện

The hot weather was enervating for the hikers.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Causing a feeling of weakness, fatigue, or lack of energy; debilitating. It describes something that drains physical or mental vitality.

Usage

The adjective "enervating" is used to describe an activity, environment, condition, or influence that saps strength and energy, leaving one feeling weak or exhausted. It is a formal term.

Examples

• The enervating heat of the tropical afternoon made it impossible to work.
• She found the long, bureaucratic process to be utterly enervating.
• The illness had an enervating effect on the patient, confining him to bed for weeks.

Advanced Usage

• Enervating Influence: Used to describe a person or situation that chronically drains energy.
  • His constant pessimism was an enervating influence on the entire team.

Variants and Related Words

• Enervate (verb): To weaken or drain of energy.
  • The strenuous journey enervated the explorers.
• Enervation (noun): The state of being drained of energy; weakness.
  • He felt a sense of complete enervation after the marathon.

Synonyms

• Debilitating
• Exhausting
• Weakening
• Sapping
• Fatiguing

Antonyms

• Invigorating
• Strengthening
• Energizing
• Stimulating
• Refreshing

Học thuật

Adjective

1. causing debilitation

Từ đồng nghĩa

• debilitative
• enfeebling
• weakening