enfeebling
Draining of vigor
Enfeebling means weakening or draining of strength and vitality.
An enfeebling illness leaves someone unable to function normally.
Enfeebling policies or conditions sap energy or effectiveness: The enfeebling effects of poverty, an enfeebling bureaucracy.
The word suggests gradual debilitation rather than sudden collapse.
Seeking to overthrow
- erodingGradually wearing away
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
- corrodingDeteriorating through chemical action
- destabilizingCausing loss of equilibrium
sabotaging · compromising · impairing · crippling · disabling · hobbling · hamstringing · vitiating
Loss of strength or vitality
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- atrophyWasting from disuse
prostration · incapacitation · paralysis · impairment · disability · infirmity · frailty · decrepitude
Depleting one's reserves
- sappingGradually draining vitality
- depletingProgressively using up
- enervationLoss of vigor
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
weariness · tiredness · languor · listlessness · torpor · sluggishness · burnout · asthenia
Prone to snapping
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- tenuousnessLack of strength or substance
- shakinessState of quivering
unsteadiness · feebleness · faintness · precariousness · susceptibility · defenselessness · exposure · helplessness
subverting
Seeking to overthrow
- erodingGradually wearing away
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
- corrodingDeteriorating through chemical action
destabilizing · sabotaging · compromising · impairing · crippling · disabling · hobbling · hamstringing · vitiating · attenuating
debilitation
Loss of strength or vitality
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- weaknessDeficiency in force
atrophy · prostration · incapacitation · paralysis · impairment · disability · infirmity · frailty · decrepitude · wasting
draining
Depleting one's reserves
- sappingGradually draining vitality
- depletingProgressively using up
- enervationLoss of vigor
lethargy · weariness · tiredness · languor · listlessness · torpor · sluggishness · burnout · asthenia · lassitude
brittleness
Prone to snapping
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- tenuousnessLack of strength or substance
shakiness · unsteadiness · feebleness · faintness · precariousness · susceptibility · defenselessness · exposure · helplessness
- decliningdeclining, waning, fading, diminishing, decreasing
- weaknessweakness, feebleness, frailty, debility, asthenia
enfeeblinginvigorating
Imparting fresh energy
strengthening · fortifying · energizing · vitalizing · restorative
enfeeblingempowering
Giving authority or confidence
emboldening · heartening · galvanizing · inspiring · encouraging
enfeeblingstrengthening
Increasing power or solidity
reinforcing · fortifying · consolidating · bolstering · buttressing
feeble, weakening, enfeeble, enfeeblement, enfeebled, weakener, enfeebles