| VERB | change | enervate | weaken mentally or morally |
|---|---|---|---|
| emotion | enervate, faze, unnerve, unsettle | disturb the composure of |
| Meaning | weaken mentally or morally. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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