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enervate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of enervate

1 to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality
  • He decided to quit the job that so enervated him.
Synonyms of enervate

castrate, damp, dampen, deaden, dehydrate, desiccate, devitalize, lobotomize, petrify
Words Related to enervate

burn out, debilitate, do in, drain, enfeeble, exhaust, fatigue, sap, tucker (out), undermine, weaken, wear, wear out

daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit
Near Antonyms of enervate

arouse, rouse, stir

charge, electrify, galvanize

excite, ferment, fire, foment, incite, inflame (also enflame), instigate, kindle, provoke, spark, trigger, whip (up)

abet, boost, buoy, cheer, embolden, fortify, hearten, inspire, lift
Antonyms of enervate

brace, energize, enliven, invigorate, quicken, stimulate, vitalize, vivify
2 to diminish the physical strength of
  • The surgery really enervated me for weeks afterwards.
Synonyms of enervate

debilitate, devitalize, enfeeble, etiolate, prostrate, sap, soften, tire, waste, weaken
Words Related to enervate

cripple, disable, hamstring, incapacitate

deplete, depress, exhaust, impoverish, unman, wash out

damage, harm, hurt, impair, injure, invalid, lay up

break down, grind (down), wear down, wear out

paralyze
Near Antonyms of enervate

energize, invigorate, recruit, rejuvenate, vitalize

harden, season, toughen
Antonyms of enervate

beef (up), fortify, strengthen

Synonym Discussion of enervate

unnerve, enervate, unman, emasculate mean to deprive of strength or vigor and the capacity for effective action. unnerve implies marked often temporary loss of courage, self-control, or power to act.
    • unnerved by the near collision
enervate suggests a gradual physical or moral weakening (as through luxury or indolence) until one is too feeble to make an effort.
    • a nation's youth enervated by affluence and leisure
unman implies a loss of manly vigor, fortitude, or spirit.
    • a soldier unmanned by the terrors of battle
emasculate stresses a depriving of characteristic force by removing something essential.
    • an amendment that emasculates existing safeguards

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