enfeeble
verb (used with object)
to make feeble; weaken.
is enfeebling
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present progressiveof enfeeble (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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And when art is merely sensuous, it is enfeebling and demoralizing rather than strengthening or elevating.
From Character by Samuel Smiles
The warm bath tub is enfeebling and degenerative, despite the cold spray later, while the free swim in cold water is most invigorating.
From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by G. Stanley Hall
