Enfeebling

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of enfeeble form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing enfeeblement.

    "This persistence was having a very enfeebling effect on Cora. It gave her the illusion that Ted Farrell was a masterful dominant and that she was being exposed to him as an incompetent noodle."

Adjective
  1. 1
    causing debilitation wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
debilitativedebilitativedrainingenervatingexhaustingfatiguing

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"This persistence was having a very enfeebling effect on Cora. It gave her the illusion that Ted Farrell was a masterful dominant and that she was being exposed to him as an incompetent noodle."

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