'Enervating' definitions:
Definition of 'enervating'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Definition of 'Enervating'
From: GCIDE
- Enervate \E*ner"vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enervated; p. pr. & vb. n. Enervating.] [L. enervatus, p. p. of enervare, fr. enervis nerveless, weak; e out + nervus nerve. See Nerve.] To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of. [1913 Webster]
- A man . . . enervated by licentiousness. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- And rhyme began t' enervate poetry. --Dryden.
- Syn: To weaken; enfeeble; unnerve; debilitate. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'enervating'
From: GCIDE
- enervating \enervating\ adj. causing the loss of strength or vigor.
- Syn: debilitative, enfeebling, weakening. [WordNet 1.5]