enervated

Completely worn out

Enervated means drained of energy or vitality, weakened rather than strengthened.

The word is sometimes misused to mean energized—perhaps because it sounds like it should—but it means the opposite: The humid weather left everyone enervated.

After months of bureaucratic battles, she felt utterly enervated.

exhausted

fatigued

Drained of energy

drained · sapped · depleted · tired · overworked · frazzled · flagging · knackered · prostrate · run-down

weakened

feeble

Weak and ineffective

sapped · diminished · powerless · infirm · impotent · languid · faltering · unsteady · devitalized · attenuated

lethargic

sluggish

Slow and inactive

drowsy · somnolent · heavy-lidded · leaden · slow · unenergetic · drooping · flagging · stuporous · comatose

apathetic

listless

Lacking energy or enthusiasm

uninterested · passive · lackluster · spiritless · blasé · emotionless · flat · vapid · world-weary · jaded

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energy and vitality

enervatedinvigorated

Made to feel lively

energized · revitalized · vitalized · strengthened · rejuvenated

motivation and drive

enervatedmotivated

Spurred to action

energetic · enthusiastic · eager · keen · fired up

strength/power

enervatedstrengthened

Made more robust

fortified · empowered · strong · robust · hardy

Family

enervate, enervation, enervating, enervates

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