Antonyms for enfeeblement
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : en-fee-buhl |
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈfi bəl |
Definition of enfeeblement
Origin :- mid-14c., from Old French enfeblir "become weak," from en- (see en- (1)) + feble (see feeble). Related: Enfeebled; enfeebling.
- noun debilitation
- The neglected gift was beginning to show signs of decay and enfeeblement.
- Extract from : « The Daughters of Danaus » by Mona Caird
- Human strength increases with enhancement and decreases with enfeeblement.
- Extract from : « Epistle Sermons, Vol. II » by Martin Luther
- Long after the political break-up and enfeeblement of the Arabs, this intellectual community of the Arab-speaking world endured.
- Extract from : « A Short History of the World » by H. G. Wells
- His humility, that is, was precisely an example of moral vitality and insight rather than of moral awkwardness and enfeeblement.
- Extract from : « The Promise Of American Life » by Herbert David Croly
- The dream is not a pathological phenomenon, and it does not leave behind an enfeeblement of the mental faculties.
- Extract from : « Dream Psychology » by Sigmund Freud
- The coagulation may result from compression or from enfeeblement of the circulation.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I » by Various
- Any enfeeblement of the normal and natural instinct of virility would show itself first in morbid aberrations.
- Extract from : « Post-Prandial Philosophy » by Grant Allen
- A morbid idea of hope, due to the enfeeblement of his brain, took hold on him.
- Extract from : « The Strand Magazine - Vol. 1 - No. 6 - June 1891 » by Various
- Admitting all this, however, these intellectual changes are not the principal cause of the enfeeblement of the church.
- Extract from : « The Church and Modern Life » by Washington Gladden
- The mental symptoms are marked by greater facility and enfeeblement, while the paralysis of all the muscles steadily advances.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 5 » by Various
Synonyms for enfeeblement
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