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(verb) to reduce the mental or moral vigor of / (verb) to lessen the vitality or strength of

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enervating
enervation



give to Ashmore's twilit record an enervating sadness

—p.324 An Examined Life (316) by George Steiner
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6 years, 11 months ago


The effect of such forces is, for his characters, enervating

I always think it means the opposite

—p.4 Introduction: A Living Transaction (1) by Jeffrey Severs
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6 years, 11 months ago


a dramatic illustration of the enervation of American journalism in the last couple of decades

I always get this one confused

—p.19 They Made a Movie Out of It (16) missing author
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4 years, 1 month ago


What is so enervating about Varoufakis is not his radicality but his rational pragmatic modesty--no wonder that many radical members of Syriza accused him of capitulating to the EU.

I am never going to remember which meaning this word has am I

—p.237 Afterword to the paperback edition (215) by Slavoj Žižek
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6 years, 8 months ago