enervate
verb (used with object)
to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken.
enervation
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a word derived from
enervate.
Example Sentences
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If this level of enervation persisted, it could take years to make it through all three seasons of “Succession.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2022
Adoration and enervation course together on “Dear Mom,” as Blanchard plays a pas de deux with a large string section.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
It’s not insane to throw yourself into a sea of anxious rumor, if it helps ward off enervation and despair.
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2016
In contrast, failure naturally elicits bitterness, resentment, dolour, enervation, listlessness, pessimism and low self‑esteem – a pretty ugly package.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2013
In the enervation that had crept over him he would have stroked the black tresses which streamed across the pillow, only he lacked the strength to extricate his hands from hers.
From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Hermann Sudermann
