Enfeeble
verb
To make weak or weaker.
The disease had enfeebled him to the point where he could barely stand
Often appears as...
- enfeeble the body
- enfeeble the mind
verb
To lessen the strength or effectiveness of something.
His argument was enfeebled by the lack of evidence
Often appears as...
- enfeeble an argument
- enfeeble a statement
verb
To make weak or weaker.
The disease had enfeebled him to the point where he could barely stand
Often appears as...
- enfeeble the body
- enfeeble the mind
verb
To lessen the strength or effectiveness of something.
His argument was enfeebled by the lack of evidence
Often appears as...
- enfeeble an argument
- enfeeble a statement
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Context
Used when referring to physical weakness, often due to illness or age.
After contracting the flu, she felt increasingly enfeebled.
Pro Tip 2/3Gradual Process
Describes a gradual decline in strength, not an immediate loss.
The harsh winter slowly enfeebled the stranded hikers.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Physical
Can apply to non-physical aspects, like emotional or mental state.
Months of isolation could enfeeble someone's spirit.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Context
Used when referring to physical weakness, often due to illness or age.
After contracting the flu, she felt increasingly enfeebled.
Pro Tip 2/3Gradual Process
Describes a gradual decline in strength, not an immediate loss.
The harsh winter slowly enfeebled the stranded hikers.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Physical
Can apply to non-physical aspects, like emotional or mental state.
Months of isolation could enfeeble someone's spirit.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Context
Used when referring to physical weakness, often due to illness or age.
After contracting the flu, she felt increasingly enfeebled.
Pro Tip 2/3Gradual Process
Describes a gradual decline in strength, not an immediate loss.
The harsh winter slowly enfeebled the stranded hikers.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Physical
Can apply to non-physical aspects, like emotional or mental state.
Months of isolation could enfeeble someone's spirit.
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Video examples
Advocating for gender...
to tell the world what was afoot the secretary-general made the occasional reference in speeches but mostly his conduct mirrored his approach to all other issues involving women and enfeebled rhetorical moment followed by virtually no implementation whatsoever
Video examples
Advocating for gender...
to tell the world what was afoot the secretary-general made the occasional reference in speeches but mostly his conduct mirrored his approach to all other issues involving women and enfeebled rhetorical moment followed by virtually no implementation whatsoever
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Quote examples
Dorothea Dix
American Activist
I may be too craving of that rich gift, the power of sharing other minds. I have drunk deeply, long, and oh! how blissfully at this fountain in a foreign clime. Hearts met hearts, minds joined with minds; and what were the secondary trials of pain to the enfeebled, suffering body when daily was administered the soul's medicine and food!
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Think what evil creeps liberals would be if their plans to enfeeble the individual, exhaust the economy, impede the rule of law, and cripple national defense were guided by a coherent ideology instead of smug ignorance.
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George Mason
American Statesman
Habituated from our Infancy to trample upon the Rights of Human Nature, every generous, every liberal Sentiment, if not extinguished, is enfeebled in our Minds.
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Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
Murk can be described as an enfeebled fog with a personality disorder; it is more troubled than ethereal, sulking moodily over our lives at the end of the day.
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Paul Cezanne
French Artist
My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
Quote examples
Dorothea Dix
American Activist
I may be too craving of that rich gift, the power of sharing other minds. I have drunk deeply, long, and oh! how blissfully at this fountain in a foreign clime. Hearts met hearts, minds joined with minds; and what were the secondary trials of pain to the enfeebled, suffering body when daily was administered the soul's medicine and food!
Quote examples
P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Think what evil creeps liberals would be if their plans to enfeeble the individual, exhaust the economy, impede the rule of law, and cripple national defense were guided by a coherent ideology instead of smug ignorance.
Quote examples
George Mason
American Statesman
Habituated from our Infancy to trample upon the Rights of Human Nature, every generous, every liberal Sentiment, if not extinguished, is enfeebled in our Minds.
Quote examples
Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
Murk can be described as an enfeebled fog with a personality disorder; it is more troubled than ethereal, sulking moodily over our lives at the end of the day.
Quote examples
Paul Cezanne
French Artist
My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
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