4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Debilitate \De*bil"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Debilitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Debilitating}.] [L. debilitatus, p. p. of debilitare to debilitate, fr. debilis. See {Debility}.] To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance. [1913 Webster] Various ails debilitate the mind. --Jenyns. [1913 Webster] The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by this last effort. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: debilitated \debilitated\ adj. 1. lacking strength or vigor; weakened. Syn: adynamic, asthenic, enervated. [WordNet 1.5] 2. weakened due to illness. Syn: enfeebled, infirm, seedy. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: debilitated adj 1: lacking strength or vigor [syn: {adynamic}, {asthenic}, {enervated}] 2: weak and feeble; "I'm feeling seedy today" [syn: {enfeebled}, {infirm}, {seedy}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 170 Moby Thesaurus words for "debilitated": anemic, anile, apathetic, asthenic, benumbed, blase, bloodless, bored, cachectic, castrated, chicken, cowardly, crabbed, dead, decrepit, demasculinized, devitalized, doddered, doddering, doddery, dopey, dormant, drained, drooping, droopy, drugged, dull, effeminized, effete, emasculate, emasculated, enervated, enfeebled, etiolated, eunuchized, exanimate, exhausted, fagged, failing, faint, fainting, faintish, fatigued, feeble, feeling faint, flabby, flaccid, flagging, floppy, footsore, fossilized, frail, frazzled, gelded, gerontal, gerontic, gone, good and tired, gutless, healthless, heavy, hebetudinous, imbecile, impotent, in poor health, inanimate, inert, infirm, invalid, jaded, lackadaisical, languid, languishing, languorous, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, limber, limp, listless, lumpish, lustless, marrowless, moribund, mossbacked, moth-eaten, mummylike, nerveless, numb, pale, palsied, papery-skinned, peaked, peaky, phlegmatic, pithless, pooped, powerless, ravaged with age, ready to drop, reduced, reduced in health, rickety, rubbery, run ragged, run to seed, run-down, rusty, sagging, sapless, sated, seedy, senile, shaky, shriveled, sickly, sinewless, slack, sleepy, slow, sluggish, soft, somnolent, spineless, stagnant, stagnating, strengthless, stricken in years, stultified, supine, timeworn, tired, tired-winged, toilworn, torpid, tottering, tottery, unhardened, unhealthy, unmanned, unnerved, unrefreshed, unrestored, unsexed, unsound, unstrung, valetudinarian, valetudinary, vegetable, vegetative, wan, way-weary, wayworn, weak, weakened, weakly, wearied, weariful, weary, weary-footed, weary-laden, weary-winged, weary-worn, wilting, with low resistance, withered, wizened, world-weary, worn, worn-down
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