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- DictionaryDebilitated/dəˈbiləˌtādəd/
adjective
- 1. in a very weakened and infirm state: "a debilitated patient"
debilitate. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English de‧bil‧i‧tate /dɪˈbɪlɪteɪt/ verb [ transitive] formal 1 to make someone ill and weak He was debilitated by his illness. 2 to make an organization or system less effective or powerful The state is debilitated by inefficiency and corruption. —debilitating adjective a ...
The economy is now strengthening after a long and debilitating recession. Definition of debilitate verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb. debilitated, debilitates, debilitating. To make weak or feeble; enervate. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To make feeble; to weaken. The American Dream suffered a debilitating effect after the subprime crisis. Wiktionary. Synonyms: drain. enfeeble. incapacitate. enervate. weaken. unnerve. undo. undermine. sap. devitalize. attenuate.
debilitated in British English. (dɪˈbɪlɪteɪtɪd ) adjective. in a severely weakened state. Occasionally a patient is so debilitated that he must be fed intravenously. You could end up totally debilitated. Trying to carry out that simple task reminded me of how physically debilitated I was. the debilitated ruling party.
debilitated (not comparable) Weakened . His debilitated body, the victim of the wasting disease, could no longer support his weight. run down, damaged, in disrepair.
Britannica Dictionary definition of DEBILITATE. [+ object] formal + technical. : to make (someone or something) weak : to reduce the strength of (someone or something) The virus debilitates the body's immune system. — usually used as (be) debilitated. His body was debilitated [= weakened] by the disease.
to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely. Latin dēbilitātus (past participle of dēbilitāre ), equivalent. to dēbilit-, stem of dēbilis weak + -ātus - ate1. 1525–35. de•bil′i•tant, n. de•bil′i•ta′tion, n. de•bil′i•ta′tive, adj. weaken, deplete, enervate, devitalize.
