enfeebleverb [ T ]
uk/ɪnˈfiː.bəl/us/ɪnˈfiː.bəl/formalto make someone or something very weak
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming and making less strong
- abate
- adulterate
- attenuate
- attrition
- blow over
- blunt
- deflate
- dial
- dim
- emasculate
- jelly
- keep sb down
- knock/take the stuffing out of sb/sth idiom
- muffle
- neutralize
- pine
- sag
- sap
- shake
- wither on the vine idiom
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enfeebled
adjective uk/ɪnˈfiː.bəld/us/ɪnˈfiː.bəld/
Examples from literature
- A longing which was indistinguishable from loneliness enfeebled him.
- Come away from here, that the sight of this child may not yet more enfeeble your heart.
- So utterly had his spirit been enfeebled by the untimely seductions of gluttony.
- Unable to find a pass through the mountains, and enfeebled by his wound, Grey determined to retrace his steps.
- We were both enfeebled by sickness and He who has been so gracious to us all our lives, knowing we had need of such a change, provided for it in an unexpected way.