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enervated

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of enervated

1 lacking bodily energy or motivation
  • As the heat wave wore on, everyone really started to feel enervated.
Synonyms of enervated

lackadaisical, languid, languishing, languorous, limp, listless, spiritless
Words Related to enervated

indolent, lazy, slothful

dull, lethargic, logy (also loggy), sleepy, sluggish, torpid

exhausted, tired, weary

feeble, frail, weak

apathetic, impassive, indifferent, phlegmatic, stolid

inactive, inert
Near Antonyms of enervated

active, dynamic, industrious, kinetic

avid, eager, enthusiastic, keen, lively, pumped, vivacious

cheerful, chipper, perky, up

agog, alert, awake, open-eyed, sleepless, vigilant, watchful, wide-awake
Antonyms of enervated

ambitious, animated, energetic, enterprising, motivated
2 lacking bodily strength
  • Months of recovery in the hospital had rendered him enervated and unfit.
Synonyms of enervated

debilitated, delicate, down-and-out, effete, enfeebled, faint, feeble, frail, infirm, languid, low, prostrate, prostrated, sapped, slight, soft, softened, tender, unsubstantial, wasted, weak, weakened, wimpish, wimpy
Words Related to enervated

challenged, disabled, incapacitated, invalid

paralyzed

broken-down, decrepit

impotent, powerless

breakable, flimsy, fragile

dizzy, groggy, rocky, unsteady, woozy

drained, exhausted, flagging, tired, weary, worn-out

damaged, harmed, hurt, impaired, injured, lame, unsound

resistless, susceptible, unresistant, vulnerable, yielding
Near Antonyms of enervated

able-bodied, athletic, beefy, brawny, fit, husky, muscular, sinewy, strapping, virile

hard, hardy, lusty, red-blooded, robust, sturdy, tough

fortified, hardened, inured, strengthened, toughened

energetic, energized, invigorated, vigorous, vitalized

hale, healthy, sound

capable, competent

convalescing, recovering, recuperating
Antonyms of enervated

mighty, powerful, rugged, stalwart, stout, strong

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