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debilitating



ADJECTIVE
exhausting
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST


ADJECTIVE
wearying
Synonyms


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In her new memoir, “Famesick,” Dunham chronicles her struggles with debilitating illness over six seasons of her hit HBO show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Guilfoyle’s attorney, Binnall, said: “Ambassador Guilfoyle will never apologize for offering to help shed light on a case in which 1,000 children underwent unnecessary, invasive, and debilitating surgeries at that man’s hands.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

He has since been told the cancer has cleared awaiting his one-year review, but the operation has left him in debilitating pain.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, she described the debilitating nature of her obsessive-compulsive disorder, revealing that she was “barely” able to function when the condition was at its worst.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

As American casualties shot up, debilitating insomnia kept Johnson awake at night, prowling the White House halls in his bathrobe and slippers.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge


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