Synonyms of devitalizing

devitalizing

verb

present participle of devitalize

1

as in undermining

to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality

overuse has devitalized many a once-striking figure of speech

Synonyms & Similar Words

• undermining
• weakening
• draining
• exhausting
• enervating
• deadening
• petrifying
• castrating
• damping
• desiccating
• dehydrating
• lobotomizing
• wearing
• dampening
• debilitating
• discouraging
• enfeebling
• sapping
• fatiguing
• wearing out
• burning out
• gelding
• demoralizing
• dispiriting
• daunting
• disheartening
• tuckering (out)
• doing in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stimulating
• vitalizing
• energizing
• invigorating
• vivifying
• enlivening
• quickening
• bracing
• stirring
• arousing
• charging
• rousing
• galvanizing
• exciting
• triggering
• electrifying
• provoking
• inciting
• whipping (up)
• firing
• fomenting
• fermenting
• lifting
• kindling
• inflaming
• instigating
• abetting
• sparking
• boosting
• regenerating
• inspiring
• fortifying
• revitalizing
• cheering
• reviving
• rejuvenating
• emboldening
• buoying
• renewing
• reawakening
• enflaming
• recharging
• reenergizing
• reactivating
• resurrecting
• resuscitating
• reanimating
• rekindling
• refreshing
• heartening
• reawaking
• re-energizing

2

as in weakening

to diminish the physical strength of

she was devitalized by the infection

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weakening
• softening
• wasting
• exhausting
• debilitating
• enervating
• tiring
• sapping
• hurting
• damaging
• injuring
• paralyzing
• enfeebling
• crippling
• depleting
• impairing
• disabling
• depressing
• etiolating
• prostrating
• incapacitating
• impoverishing
• harming
• grinding (down)
• unmanning
• hamstringing
• invaliding
• wearing out
• laying up
• wearing down
• washing out
• breaking down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strengthening
• fortifying
• energizing
• recruiting
• invigorating
• hardening
• rejuvenating
• vitalizing
• beefing (up)
• seasoning
• toughening