debilitating

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈbɪlɪteɪtɪŋ(ɡ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Adjective

debilitating (comparative more debilitating, superlative most debilitating)

Causing a loss of energy or strength.
- 1931, H.P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness:
  Akeley, Noyes hastened to inform me, was glad and ready to see me; although his sudden attack of asthma would prevent him from being a very competent host for a day or two. These spells hit him hard when they came, and were always accompanied by a debilitating fever and general weakness.

Collocations

Nouns often used with "debilitating"

illness, effect

Translations

causing a loss of energy or strength

German: schwächend (de), zehrend (de), kräftezehrend (de), belastend (de), lähmend (de), hemmend (de)

Verb

debilitating

present participle and gerund of debilitate

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