debilitating
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈbɪlɪteɪtɪŋ(ɡ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective[edit]
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[edit]
Nouns often used with "debilitating"
illness, effect
Translations[edit]
causing a loss of energy or strength
Verb[edit]
debilitating
- present participle and gerund of debilitate