Enervating

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of enervate form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    That enervates.

    "No enervating arts refined To slumber lull'd his heaven-born might; No weak indulgence warp'd thy mind, To cloud a hero's path of light."

Adjective
  1. 1
    causing debilitation wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
debilitativedebilitativedrainingenfeeblingexhaustingfatiguing

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"I love the song of the mockingbird, the bird of four hundred voices. I love the color of jade, and the enervating perfume of flowers, but most of all, I love my brother, Man."

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