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An affliction is something that causes pain and mental suffering, especially a medical condition.
If you do something with alacrity, you do it eagerly and quickly.
When something attenuates, it lessens in size or intensity; it becomes thin or weakened.
Someone in a buoyant mood is in good spirits.
When you cavort, you jump and dance around in a playful, excited, or physically lively way.
Debility is a state of being physically or mentally weak, usually due to illness.
Decrepitude is the state of being very old, worn out, or very ill; therefore, something or someone is no longer in good physical condition or good health.
Someone who is ebullient is filled with enthusiasm, very happy, and extremely excited about something.
An effervescent individual is lively, very happy, and enthusiastic.
If you describe a person, group, or civilization as effete, you mean it is weak, exhausted, powerless, unproductive, and/or corrupt.
If someone is indefatigable, they never show signs of getting tired.
When something is inert, it has no power of movement or is inactive.
If you do something in a lackadaisical way, you do it carelessly and without putting much effort into it—thereby showing that you are not really interested in what you’re doing.
A languid person is slow, relaxed, and shows little energy or interest in doing anything.
If you are lethargic, you are tired, lack energy, and are unwilling to exert effort.
When you are listless, you lack energy and interest and are unwilling to exert any effort.
Someone who is phlegmatic stays calm and unemotional even in dangerous or exciting situations.
If you are somnolent, you are sleepy.
Something soporific makes you feel sleepy or drowsy.
If you are supine, you are lying on your back with your face upward.
If your body is affected by torpor, you are severely lacking in energy; therefore, you are idle—and can even be numb.
A vibrant person is lively and full of energy in a way that is exciting and attractive.
Someone who possesses vigor has energy, strength, and power.
If someone is described as vivacious, they are lively and have a happy, lighthearted manner.
Someone who is zealous spends a lot of time, energy, and effort to support something— notably that of a political or religious nature—because they believe in it very strongly.
Verb
enervate
EN-er-vayt
Context
Our long hike in the broiling sun left us feeling weak and enervated, deprived of most of our energy and strength. We were short on food and behind schedule, which increased our stress and thus enervated and wore us out even more. On our final day we felt so tired and enervated we did not even want to break camp, but we persevered and made it back to town despite our weary state.
Quiz:Try again!
What is most likely to enervate someone?
A dog barking next door while they are trying to nap.
An unexpected invitation to speak at a large luncheon.
A long march through the hot desert in search of water.
Ate All My Nerves I am so tired, shaky, weak, and enervated that I feel that someone ate all my nerves like a bowl of boiled spaghetti.
Examples
She says their allergies have worsened in the past couple of years, and they hit their peak in May, when spring comes alive. "Anything that blooms enervates us. It wears us down," says Leopold, 43.
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USA Today
The everyday soundtrack that has been muffled since the city went on lockdown in March in response to the coronavirus—the horns and jackhammers, late-night parties and crowded spaces that once enervated New Yorkers at every turn—has become a source of deep nostalgia and solace already.
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The New York Times
