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- Dictionaryenfeeble/ɪnˈfiːbl/
verb
- 1. make weak or feeble: "sickness had enfeebled me"
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to make someone or something very weak. Synonyms. debilitate formal. drain. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Becoming and making less strong. abatement. adulterant. adulterated. downtoner. dull. ease. emasculation. enervate. enervating. fade. hedge. melt. relieve. tottering. turn to jelly idiom. undimmed. unsubdued. See more results »
The meaning of ENFEEBLE is to make feeble : deprive of strength. How to use enfeeble in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Enfeeble.
Enfeeble definition: to make feeble; weaken. See examples of ENFEEBLE used in a sentence.
To enfeeble is to make someone or something very weak or fragile. Your governor's budget cuts might enfeeble the state's public school system. If an illness weakens you — makes you feel frail and shaky — it enfeebles you.
to make someone or something very weak. Synonyms. debilitate formal. drain. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Becoming and making less strong. abatement. adulterant. adulterated. downtoner. dull. ease. emasculation. enervate. enervating. fade. hedge. melt. relieve. tottering. turn to jelly idiom. undimmed. unsubdued. See more results »
Check pronunciation: enfeeble. Definition of enfeeble verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. Word origin. ME enfeblen < OFr enfeblir. Word Frequency. enfeeble in American English. (enˈfibəl) transitive verb Word forms: -bled, -bling. to make feeble; weaken. That bout of pneumonia enfeebled him. SYNONYMS enervate, debilitate. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
verb. To lessen or deplete the nerve, energy, or strength of: attenuate, debilitate, devitalize, enervate, sap, undermine, undo, unnerve, weaken.
enfeeble (third-person singular simple present enfeebles, present participle enfeebling, simple past and past participle enfeebled) ( transitive) To make feeble .
enfeeble. Fewer examples. Throughout the summer, tourists clog already enfeebled public transport with their wheeled cases and giant backpacks. The Prime Minister’s standing was enfeebled by her party’s losses in the recent election. He was accused of subverting the country's already enfeebled democratic institutions.
