VERB | change | enervate | weaken mentally or morally |
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emotion | enervate, faze, unnerve, unsettle | disturb the composure of |
Meaning | weaken mentally or morally. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Broader | weaken | lessen the strength of |
Spanish | atenuar, debilitar, enervar | |
Catalan | enervar | |
Nouns | enervation | lack of vitality |
enervation | serious weakening and loss of energy |
Meaning | disturb the composure of. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Model | The bad news will enervate him | |
Synonyms | faze, unnerve, unsettle | |
Narrower | unman | Cause to lose one's nerve |
Broader | upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit | Cause to lose one's composure |
Spanish | desconcertar, desquiciar, enervar, molestar, trastornar, turbar | |
Catalan | desconcertar, enervar, pertorbar, torbar, trasbalsar, trastornar |
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