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- Dictionaryenfeebled/ɪnˈfiːbld/
adjective
- 1. made weak or feeble: "trade unions are in an enfeebled state"
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adjective. uk / ɪnˈfiː.b ə ld / us / ɪnˈfiː.b ə ld / Add to word list. made very weak: The president had never before appeared so isolated or enfeebled. Her grandfather is enfeebled with palsy and dementia. See. enfeeble. Fewer examples.
to make someone or something very weak. Synonyms. debilitate formal. drain. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Becoming and making less strong. abatement. adulterant. adulterated. downtoner. dull. ease. emasculation. enervate. enervating. fade. hedge. melt. relieve. tottering. turn to jelly idiom. undimmed. unsubdued. See more results »
: to make feeble : deprive of strength. enfeeblement. in-ˈfē-bəl-mənt. en- noun. Synonyms. debilitate. devitalize. enervate. etiolate. prostrate. sap. soften. tire. waste. weaken. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
adjective. us / ɪnˈfiː.b ə ld / uk / ɪnˈfiː.b ə ld / Add to word list. made very weak: The president had never before appeared so isolated or enfeebled. Her grandfather is enfeebled with palsy and dementia. See. enfeeble. Fewer examples.
Enfeeble definition: to make feeble; weaken. See examples of ENFEEBLE used in a sentence.
adjective. 1. (of a person) having been physically weakened. enfeebled by our sedentary lifestyles. 2. (of a person, organization, system, etc) having been weakened in some way. He finds himself politically enfeebled. the already enfeebled newspaper. This would mean that an extra burden would be put on our already enfeebled economy.
enfeebled. ( ɪnˈfiːbəld) adj. 1. (of a person) having been physically weakened. 2. (of a person, organization, system, etc) having been weakened in some way. Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014.
To enfeeble is to make someone or something very weak or fragile. Your governor's budget cuts might enfeeble the state's public school system. If an illness weakens you — makes you feel frail and shaky — it enfeebles you. Aging enfeebles us, and the lack of Vitamin D in the winter also enfeebles many people.
Definition of enfeebled adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. Word origin. ME enfeblen < OFr enfeblir. Word Frequency. enfeeble in American English. (enˈfibəl) transitive verb Word forms: -bled, -bling. to make feeble; weaken. That bout of pneumonia enfeebled him. SYNONYMS enervate, debilitate. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
