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Enervated
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example Sentences
- He had come in dehydrated, with sunken eyes, too enervated to even cry.
- With this weakness there is a condition of nervousness or irritability, accompanied by a languid and enervated feeling.
- And the public, perhaps sufficiently enervated and confused by reality, was not eager to see it recreated on screen.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
verb (used with object)
1.
to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken.
adjective
Origin:
1595–1605; < Latin ēnervātus weakened (past participle of ēnervāre) equivalent to ē- e- + nerv(us) sinew (see nerve) + -ātus -ate1; compare Anglo-French enervir, French énerver
1595–1605; < Latin ēnervātus weakened (past participle of ēnervāre) equivalent to ē- e- + nerv(us) sinew (see nerve) + -ātus -ate1; compare Anglo-French enervir, French énerver
Related forms
en·er·va·tion, noun
en·er·va·tive, adjective
en·er·va·tor, noun
non·en·er·vat·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. enfeeble, debilitate, sap, exhaust.
1. enfeeble, debilitate, sap, exhaust.
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| enervated | |
adjective | |
| lacking strength or vigor [syn: adynamic] |
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