Enfeebled

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Enfeeble \En*fee"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfeebled}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Enfeebling}.] [OF. enfeblir, enfeiblir; pref. en- (L.
     in) + feble, F. faible, feeble. See {Feeble}.]
     To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the
     strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           Enfeebled by scanty subsistence and excessive toil.
                                                    --Prescott.
  
     Syn: To weaken; debilitate; enervate.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  enfeebled \enfeebled\ adj.
     same as {debilitated}, 2.
  
     Syn: debilitated, infirm, seedy.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  enfeebled
       adj : weak and feeble; "I'm feeling seedy today" [syn: {debilitated},
              {infirm}, {seedy}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "enfeebled":
     ausgespielt, burned-out, debilitated, devitalized, disabled,
     drained, drooping, droopy, effete, enervated, eviscerated,
     exhausted, fagged, faint, fainting, fatigued, feeling faint,
     flagging, footsore, frazzled, good and tired, incapacitated, jaded,
     languid, played out, ready to drop, run ragged, run-down, sagging,
     sapped, seedy, spent, tired, tired-winged, toilworn, unrefreshed,
     unrestored, used up, wasted, way-weary, wayworn, weak, weakened,
     wearied, weariful, weary, weary-footed, weary-laden, weary-winged,
     weary-worn, wilting, worn, worn-down, worn-out