Synonyms of enervating

enervating 1 of 2

adjective

as in exhausting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exhausting
• fatiguing
• draining
• debilitating
• dispiriting
• demoralizing
• discouraging
• irksome
• wearing
• irritating
• enfeebling
• disheartening
• annoying
• bothersome
• palling
• unrewarding
• vapid
• unsurprising
• tepid
• ordinary
• grey
• unexceptional
• unimaginative
• uninspiring
• unexciting
• commonplace
• cumbersome
• pallid
• uneventful
• sterile
• gray
• inanimate
• undramatic
• longsome
• unspectacular
• unsensational
• earthbound
• plodding
• spiritless
• pedantic
• prosy
• prosaic
• pokey
• lumbering
• soggy
• poky
• dullish
• blank
• common
• aseptic
• barren
• blah
• unnewsworthy
• suspenseless
• pleasureless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• interesting
• involving
• intriguing
• engaging
• absorbing
• engrossing
• surprising
• riveting
• wonderful
• gripping
• astonishing
• exciting
• wondrous
• marvellous
• stimulating
• exhilarating
• spectacular
• amazing
• inspiring
• marvelous
• astounding
• sensational
• amusing
• thrilling
• energizing
• entertaining
• awesome
• electrifying
• breathtaking
• rousing
• stirring
• fabulous
• animating
• moving
• invigorating
• charming
• fascinating
• attractive
• alluring
• enlivening
• poignant
• enthralling
• entrancing
• enchanting
• touching
• beguiling
• attracting
• galvanizing
• bewitching
• eye-opening
• diverting
• rip-roaring
• hair-raising
• provocative
• suspenseful
• tantalizing
• captivating
• mesmerizing
• spellbinding
• arresting

enervating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of enervate

1

as in undermining

to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality

a lifetime of working in dreary jobs had enervated his very soul

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in weakening

to diminish the physical strength of

the surgery really enervated me for weeks afterwards

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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