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enervated

[ en-er-vey-tid ]

adjective

  1. without vigor, force, or strength; languid.


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Other Words From

  • un·ener·vated adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of enervated1

First recorded in 1650–60; enervate + -ed 2

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Example Sentences

We are growing too serious, the railways and telegraph have upset us and enervated us, we are getting languid and dull.

Why had he allowed himself to be so enervated by her prayers at last as to surrender everything,—as he had done?

Enervated—wedded to this transient state, we should lose sight of our true country.

Nations enervated through luxury and idleness are usually supplanted by more vigorous races.

See how his soul becomes enervated, his judgment warped and his heart invaded by every temptation.

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