enervation

noundebilitation

Synonyms for enervation

noun debilitation

Antonyms for enervation

Word Origin & History

early 15c., from Middle French énervation, from Late Latin enervationem (nominative enervatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin enervare "weaken," literally "cut the sinews of," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + nervus "sinew" (see nerve). Figurative sense is from 1550s.

Example Sentences for enervation

There was therefore not only a denaturation, but an enervation of our poetry.

Nothing but harass, enervation, lassitude, deafening clamor.

And from this time his enervation was steadily on the increase.

The soirée at Sabine Marsy's had caused Vaudrey to feel something like the enervation that follows intoxication.

All this time the heavy sobbing of Felicien was heard, as upon the landing-place he wept in the enervation of hope.

Nor are luxury or enervation more powerful in their effects.

The feminine trick was pardoned to her because her unaccustomed betrayal of that form of enervation was desired.

But one could see that Abner was suffering more than the rest, and from something beyond the enervation of dog-days.

Hortense did not even seek to shake off the enervation into which her will was slowly sinking.

Perhaps the curious sense of enervation was due only to the heat of midsummer in a Southern city.

enervation

Synonyms for enervation

Antonyms for enervation

debility

devitalization

emasculation

enfeeblement

exhaustion

enervation

Synonyms for enervation

Antonyms for enervation

More words related to enervation

debilitation

debility

devitalization

emasculation

enfeeblement

exhaustion