Nearby Words
enervate
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exhaust |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, burn out, conk out, cripple, debilitate, disable, do in, drain, draw, enervate, enfeeble, fag, fatigue, frazzle, impoverish, overdo, overexert, overextend, overfatigue, overtire, overwork, peter out, poop out, prostrate, run ragged, sap*, suck dry, take it out of, tire out, tucker, use up, weaken, wear down, wear out, weary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Concept: | Fatigue. |
| Category: | 1. Simple voluntary action |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
fatigue; weariness; yawning, drowsiness; lassitude, tiredness, fatigation, exhaustion; sweat; dyspncea., anhelation, shortness of breath; faintness; collapse, prostration, swoon, fainting, deliquium, syncope, lipothymy; goneness.
-verbs
be fatigued; yawn (get sleepy); droop, sink, flag; lose breath, lose wind; gasp, pant, puff, blow, drop, swoon, faint, succumb., fatigue, tire, weary, irk, flag, jade, harass, exhaust, knock up, wear out, prostrate., tax, task, strain; overtask, overwork, overburden, overtax, overstrain.
-adjectives
fatigued; weary; drowsy; drooping; haggard; toilworn, wayworn:, footsore, surbated, weatherbeaten; faint; done up, used up, knocked up; bushed [U.S.]; exhausted, prostrate, spent; overtired, overspent, overfatigued; unrefreshed, unrestored., worn, worn out; battered, shattered, pulled down, seedy, altered., breathless, windless; short of breath, out of breath, short of wind; blown, puffing and blowing; short-breathed; anhelose; broken winded, short- winded; dyspnaeal, dyspnaeic., ready to drop, all in, more dead than alive, dog-weary, walked off one's legs, tired to death, on one's last legs, played out, hors de combat., fatiguing; tiresome, irksome, wearisome; weary, trying.
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| Antonyms: | refreshment |
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