debilitating

debilitating
debilitating debilitating adj. causing weakness. Opposite of {invigorating}. [WordNet 1.5]

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  • debilitating — index disabling Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • debilitating — adjective 1 a debilitating disease or condition makes your body or mind weak: debilitating heat 2 a debilitating action, result etc weakens an organization, structure etc: the debilitating effect of economic decline …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Debilitating — Debilitate De*bil i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Debilitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Debilitating}.] [L. debilitatus, p. p. of debilitare to debilitate, fr. debilis. See {Debility}.] To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • debilitating — adj. Debilitating is used with these nouns: ↑condition, ↑disease, ↑effect, ↑illness, ↑pain, ↑side effect, ↑stroke …   Collocations dictionary

  • debilitating — de|bil|i|tat|ing [ dı bılı,teıtıŋ ] adjective FORMAL making someone physically or mentally weak: a debilitating illness/disease/condition …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • debilitating — UK [dɪˈbɪlɪˌteɪtɪŋ] / US adjective formal making someone physically or mentally weak a debilitating illness/disease/condition …   English dictionary

  • debilitating — [dɪˈbɪlɪˌteɪtɪŋ] adj formal making someone physically or mentally weak a debilitating illness/condition[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • debilitating vs invigorating — debilitative debilitative adj. causing weakness. [Narrower terms: {debilitating (vs. invigorating)}] Syn: enervating, enfeebling, weakening. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • debilitating — adjective Causing a loss of energy or strength …   Wiktionary

  • debilitating — Denoting or characteristic of a morbid process that causes weakness …   Medical dictionary

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