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
  • But Eustaquio moved — likely exhausted — in union with his team towards South Africa’s box.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • Back-to-back overnights left Greenwald exhausted and depressed.
    — Melanie Thernstrom, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of exhausted
Adjective
  • Following a year of historically weak hiring in 2025, hiring rebounded this spring.
    — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • In a weak free-agency class, centers Robert Williams III (Portland) and Mark Williams (Phoenix) are already off the market, each reportedly agreeing to return to their current teams.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of weak
Verb
  • Brilliant start undermined The first half hour of the match was played at the pace Ivory Coast desired with Les Elephants using their high press and long passes to consistently put Norway on its heels.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2026
  • Community opposition to temporary waste storage, which risks becoming permanent without a federal waste repository, further undermined the project.
    — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of undermined
Verb
  • Yet finance, policy certainty and infrastructure weakened for the first time in more than a decade.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Internal fractures, economic decline and public frustration have weakened the movement and opened a new chapter of uncertainty.
    — Armando Regil Velasco, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of weakened
Adjective
  • Depredation occurs when a shark steals an angler’s catch off their line, and Florida’s fishers are tired of it.
    — Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
  • Pugh is tired of seeing her mom suffer by no fault of her own.
    — Bryant Reed, CBS News, 2 July 2026
Definition of tired
Adjective
  • The gags are both belabored and feeble.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 26 June 2026
  • Jolted by a feeble office market, a growing number of developers are considering ways to convert their office properties to other uses, such as housing projects.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
Definition of feeble
Verb
  • These plants may not thrive in soil that's poorly drained or overly compacted.
    — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026
  • Something uncertain, something human, has been drained like blood from this world.
    — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of drained
Verb
  • The company disputed the vulnerability's severity, while the government's position softened amid industry criticism and fears of Chinese competitors gaining an advantage.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Think sharp crops softened by length, or longer cuts styled with a deliberate edge.
    — Genesis Rivas, InStyle, 1 July 2026
Definition of softened

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