debilitating

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈbɪlɪteɪtɪŋ(ɡ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Adjective

debilitating (comparative more debilitating, superlative most debilitating)

1. 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.

Derived terms

• debilitatingly
• nondebilitating
• undebilitating

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

1. present participle and gerund of debilitate