enervating
adjective
[ ˈɛnəveɪtɪŋ ]
• causing one to feel drained of energy or vitality.
• "the enervating humidity of the coast"
enervate
verb
• make (someone) feel drained of energy or vitality.
• "the heat enervated us all"
Similar:
exhaust,
tire,
fatigue,
weary,
wear out,
devitalize,
drain,
sap,
weaken,
make weak,
make feeble,
enfeeble,
debilitate,
incapacitate,
indispose,
prostrate,
immobilize,
lay low,
put out of action,
knock out,
do in,
take it out of one,
shatter,
poop,
frazzle,
wear to a frazzle,
fag out,
knacker,
torpefy,
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin enervat- ‘weakened (by extraction of the sinews)’, from the verb enervare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + nervus ‘sinew’.
