enervated 1 of 2

adjective

1
as in exhausted
lacking bodily energy or motivation as the heat wave wore on, everyone really started to feel enervated

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2
as in weak
lacking bodily strength months of recovery in the hospital had rendered the soldiers enervated and unfit

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enervated

2 of 2

verb

past tense of enervate
1
as in undermined
to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality a lifetime of working in dreary jobs had enervated his very soul

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2
as in weakened
to diminish the physical strength of the surgery really enervated me for weeks afterwards

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Recent Examples of enervated
Adjective
Even that session left me enervated and sleepy. — Betsy Andrews, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
The impact of that shocking final scene is sufficient to send viewers out feeling enervated after what’s been a pretty desultory final act. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enervated
  1. exhausted
  2. weak
  3. undermined
  4. weakened
  5. tired
  6. feeble
  7. drained
  8. softened
Adjective
  • If the District Court upholds the denial, your application is considered exhausted.
    — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 21 July 2026
  • OpenAI moved ChatGPT Business agents to metered credits July 6, and Anthropic now bills agent workloads against credit pools that stop when exhausted.
    — TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of exhausted
Adjective
  • Last fall, major lenders reported that business was booming despite a sluggish art market, arguing that collectors preferred borrowing against valuable works rather than selling into weaker conditions.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 29 July 2026
  • Goods consumption is weak, while services consumption is outperforming, running above headline GDP growth, Liao said.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Definition of weak
Verb
  • Merz took the opportunity to make a series of changes after a senior ally quit as the leader of his bloc's parliamentary group over personal conduct that undermined his credibility.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
  • Schiff said years of reporting detailing undisclosed gifts, financial conflicts of interest and controversies involving Supreme Court justices have undermined public confidence in the federal judiciary and prompted the legislative package.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of undermined
Verb
  • Researchers, educators, and policymakers questioned whether broadcasting encouraged juvenile delinquency, weakened family relationships, and gave governments and media organizations unprecedented influence over public opinion.
    — Michael Edmondson, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Hochul, who weakened the state’s climate goals and signed off on new gas pipelines, is again an example.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of weakened
Adjective
  • Pick up a s’mores kit from reception, claim one of the firepits, and watch your fellow Cape-goers drift back from the beach with sandy feet and tired kids.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 July 2026
  • In an age of endless subscriptions and price hikes, people are sick and tired of paying for access to products rather than owning them.
    — Bee Wertheimer, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026
Definition of tired
Adjective
  • Europe was economically too feeble and politically too fragmented to resist this Coca-Colonization.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
  • Using Neanderthal cranium shapes to estimate specific brain regions’ volume, some investigators claimed to see signs of a mind with feeble linguistic abilities, poor executive function and an unremarkable memory.
    — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 20 July 2026
Definition of feeble
Verb
  • Still, these legal battles and the year of strikes drained the UMWA financially.
    — Elijah TanAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • The soil is just as dense, heavy, and poorly drained as ever.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 July 2026
Definition of drained
Verb
  • But as a candidate for governor, Hong had softened her tone while not disavowing her past statements.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
  • In recent years, critical attitudes towards Terrordome, which was Onwurah’s debut, have softened, with institutions programming the title as part of retrospectives and championing it as a seminal example of afrofuritist filmmaking.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 July 2026
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