debilitate
debilitate · more debilitate · most debilitate
Feeble, enfeebledFeeble, enfeebled.
UK/dɪˈbɪlɪteɪt/US/dəˈbɪləteɪt/
» This giraffe has a debilitating illness.
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1 senses(obsolete)Feeble, enfeebled.
Examples
11 sentencesThis giraffe has a debilitating illness.
The smell of decomposition was almost debilitating.
She suffers from a debilitating case of alcoholism.
Tom's debilitating health condition left him all but completely bedridden.
Cancer patients often have to deal with debilitating bouts of nausea.
Origin
From debilitatus, the past passive participle of Latin dēbilitō (“to weaken, debilitate”),From debilitatus, the past passive participle of Latin dēbilitō (“to weaken, debilitate”), from the adjective dēbilis (“weak”), itself from de- + habilis (“able”). Equivalent to Latin dēbilitō + -ate (verb-forming suffix; adjective-forming suffix).
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Forms
more debilitate, most debilitate| Comparative | more debilitate Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most debilitate Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form