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enfeeble

verb

en·​fee·​ble in-ˈfē-bəl How to pronounce enfeeble (audio)
en-
enfeebled; enfeebling in-ˈfē-b(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce enfeeble (audio)
en-

transitive verb

: to make feeble : deprive of strength
enfeeblement
in-ˈfē-bəl-mənt How to pronounce enfeeble (audio)
en-
noun

Synonyms

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weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, undermine, sap, cripple, disable mean to lose or cause to lose strength or vigor.

weaken may imply loss of physical strength, health, soundness, or stability or of quality, intensity, or effective power.

a disease that weakens the body's defenses

enfeeble implies a condition of marked weakness and helplessness.

enfeebled by starvation

debilitate suggests a less marked or more temporary impairment of strength or vitality.

the debilitating effects of surgery

undermine and sap suggest a weakening by something working surreptitiously and insidiously.

a poor diet undermines your health
drugs had sapped his ability to think

cripple implies causing a serious loss of functioning power through damaging or removing an essential part or element.

crippled by arthritis

disable suggests bringing about impairment or limitation in a physical or mental ability.

disabled by an injury sustained at work

Example Sentences

long periods of being confined to a hospital bed will enfeeble anyone
Recent Examples on the Web The paradox is that trauma’s lingering impacts can enfeeble human connection, weakening even the strongest of social bonds. New York Times, 5 July 2022 How, in other words, fear and neglect, rather than the waywardness Vogel rails against, are what really enfeeble the mind. Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2022 The goal is to blunt criticism and enfeeble the opposition. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2021 The move may, in effect, enfeeble America's technology sector and, worse yet, leave the root problem—investigating terrorism, child predation, and criminality—unresolved as wrongdoers flock to alternative products. Robert Hackett, Fortune, 29 June 2020 India entered its sixth week of a stringent nationwide lockdown on Tuesday, pushing an economy already enfeebled before the pandemic to the brink of collapse. Fox News, 12 May 2020 Whatever the truth, the risk is the Anwar and Azmin camps wear each other down and enfeeble the Pakatan Harapan alliance, which Mahathir chairs. Washington Post, 8 July 2019 Meanwhile, the danger AI poses is rather of human tyranny, with machines enfeebling most people, physically and intellectually, so as to leave them at the mercy of a master-class. K.n.c., The Economist, 19 July 2019 More often than not, the result is to blunt the impact of the critique and enfeeble the opposition. Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 25 June 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English enfeblen, from Anglo-French enfebler, enfeblir, from en- + feble feeble

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of enfeeble was in the 14th century

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