debilitating
adjective
[ dɪˈbɪlɪteɪtɪŋ ]
• (of a disease or condition) making someone very weak and infirm.
• "debilitating back pain"
debilitate
verb
• make (someone) very weak and infirm.
• "he was severely debilitated by a stomach upset"
Similar:
weakening,
enfeebling,
enervating,
enervative,
devitalizing,
draining,
sapping,
wearing,
exhausting,
tiring,
impairing,
crippling,
paralysing,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin debilitat- ‘weakened’, from the verb debilitare, from debilitas (see debility).
