Enervate

Word ENERVATE
Character 8
Hyphenation e ner vate
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Enervate"

What do we mean by enervate?

To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of. transitive verb

To remove a nerve or part of a nerve. transitive verb

Deprived of strength; debilitated. adjective

To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; weaken; render feeble: as, idleness and voluptuous indulgences enervate the body.

Figuratively, to deprive of force or applicability; render ineffective; refute.

To cut the nerves of: as, to enervate a horse.

Synonyms To enfeeble, unnerve, debilitate, paralyze, unstring, relax.

Weakened; weak; enervated.

To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of. transitive verb

Weakened; weak; without strength of force. adjective

To reduce strength or energy; debilitate. verb

To weaken morally or mentally. verb

To unnerve or faze. verb

To partially or completely remove a nerve. verb

Made feeble; weakened. adjective

Weaken mentally or morally verb

Disturb the composure of verb

To reduce strength or energy; debilitate.

To weaken morally or mentally.

To partially or completely remove a nerve.

A object steal B's energy. B will be no longer acting briskly than A. Now, A is commander of B. Urban Dictionary

1. To weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of: "the luxury which enervates and destroys nations" (Henry David Thoreau). See Synonyms at deplete. 2. Medicine To remove a nerve or part of a nerve. Urban Dictionary

When someone goes on your nerves. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Enervate

The word "enervate" in example sentences

Ward, so weakened a body already 'enervate' and emaciated, that at first the patient "was thought to be falling into the agonies of death." ❋ G. M. Godden (N/A)

[1] But within a few days, apparently, of this date treatment employed on the advice of Dr Joshua Ward, so weakened a body already 'enervate' and emaciated, that at first the patient “was thought to be falling into the agonies of death.” ❋ Godden, G M (1909)

OT will someone tell Fiona Miller (on Daily Politics now) to look up the word "enervate" and use it correctly in future. ❋ Guidofawkes (2010)

For such entertainments altogether enervate the minds of people, insensibly leading them into effeminacy, and unfitting them to endure those hardships, and fatigues, which must necessarily be undergone, to bring any province to perfection. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

Presumably, if nothing else, our fear of hell purports to enervate good behavior. ❋ Menachem Wecker (2011)

It was not that the founders wanted to write religion out of the new nation; Kidd insists that they tended to view robust religion as indispensable to a good society, but that there was a widespread current of thought -- among both the preachers and the Patriots -- that involvement with worldly power tended to enervate and corrupt true religion, so they were careful to reserve ministry for the ministers. ❋ Anil Mundra (2011)

Works like those of Edgar Poe and this 'Wuthering Heights' must be plainly declared to blunt, to brutalise, and to enervate the mind. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Kerry-Lieberman energy bill would enervate America. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Katie said, “I thought ‘enervate’ meant to weaken.” ❋ Leila Sales (2010)

I am not a fan of the time-wastin 'speechifyin', masturbatory roundtablin ', and high-fallutin' blue-ribbon panels that enervate our government. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When Randolph expressed a concern that amendments might “enervate” the Constitution, he mentioned in particular that federal “direct taxation may be too much weakened.” ❋ Pauline Maier (2010)

I have no wish to enervate you further, so I will only say that just because your goldfish is Jewish, it does not mean it isn't anti-semitic. ❋ Unknown (2009)

My boyfriend do analfuck and It is my [first time] [get ass] sex. He just is so energetic and enervate [my mind]. ❋ Purinsy (2008)

[Bob] was enervated by [the news] that his fathr [died]. ❋ Jase P (2005)

This German being [unable] to [pronounce] the ‘[th]’ is rather enerving. I FUCKING HATE IT ❋ Jölle (2023)

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