Adjective: enervating 'e-nu(r),vey-ting
- Causing debilitation
"These graceful regrets are powerless, and on the whole they are very enervating";
- debilitative, enfeebling, weakening
- Weaken mentally or morally
"The constant criticism enervated his confidence"
- Disturb the composure of
"The constant noise enervated the students trying to study";
- faze, unnerve, unsettle, rattle [informal]
See also: debilitating
Type of: discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune [rare], upset, weaken
Encyclopedia: Enervate