Enfeebled

Definition: Enfeebled

Enfeebled

Adjective

1. Weak and feeble; "I'm feeling seedy today".

Date "enfeebled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Synonyms: Enfeebled

Synonyms: debilitated (adj), infirm (adj), seedy (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Enfeebled

English words defined with "enfeebled": Doter, Dysphony ♦ Weak. (references)

Etymologies containing "enfeebled": Enfeeble. (references)

Title	Author	Quote
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	But his character had been so much enfeebled by suffering, that even its lower energies were incapable of more than a temporary struggle.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Enfeebled" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 61.29% of the time. "Enfeebled" is used about 31 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	61.29%	19	80,337
Lexical Verb (past tense)	22.58%	7	133,076
Lexical Verb (past participle)	16.13%	5	157,705
Total	100.00%	31	N/A

Language		Translations for "enfeebled"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		geschwächt (bated, debilitated, weakened), entkräftete (devitalized, invalidated, rebutted). (various references)

Hebrew		מוחלש (diluted, weakened). (various references)

Hungarian		rossz emésztés (enfeebled digestion), gyenge gyomor (enfeebled digestion). (various references)

Manx		moal (backward, belated, decrepit, deliberate, deplorable, dim, disappointing, dull, feeble, flimsy, gradual, ill, laggard, late, late of fruit, listless, meagre, overdue, pithless, poor, poorly, scraggy, slack, slow, sorry, tardy, tawdry, unimpressive, weak, weak as faith, wretched, wretched of thing), annooinit. (various references)

Pig Latin		enfeebleday

Romanian		anemiat (anaemic, feeble). (various references)

Russian		ослаблять одряхлевший. (various references)

Thai		อ่อนแอ (droop, effete, epicene, namby-pamby, rickety, silly). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	defecto, inmarcescibilem, marcescant, marcescat, marcescent, marcescere, marcescit, marcuerunt. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Misspellings
	"Enfeebled" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: enfleebled. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "enfeebled" (pronounced enfē"buld)
4	-b u l d	ambled, assembled, babbled, bubbled, cabled, cobbled, corbelled, crumbled, dabbled, dibbled, disabled, disassembled, doubled, dribbled, enabled, fabled, fumbled, gambled, garbled, gobbled, grumbled, hobbled, humbled, jumbled, labeled, labelled, libeled, marbled, mislabeled, mumbled, nibbled, rambled, reassembled, redoubled, resembled, rumbled, scrambled, scribbled, squabbled, stumbled, tabled, trebled, trembled, troubled, tumbled, unlabeled, untroubled, wobbled.
3	-u l d	addled, angled, annulled, backpedaled, baffled, barreled, battled, bedeviled, bedraggled, befuddled, belittled, bespectacled, bevelled, bicycled, boggled, bottled, bridled, bristled, buckled, bundled, bungled, canceled, cancelled, channeled, chiseled, chortled, chronicled, chuckled, circled, coddled, commingled, counseled, coupled, crackled, credentialed, crippled, crumpled, cuddled, cycled, dangled, dazzled, dialed, dimpled, disgruntled, disheveled, dismantled, dueled, dwindled, embattled, embezzled, emerald, empaneled, enameled, encircled, entangled, entitled, equaled, fiddled, fizzled, flanneled, fondled, frazzled, freckled, fueled, fuelled, funneled, giggled, grappled, grizzled, haggled, handled, hassled, heckled, Herald, huddled, hustled, idled, impaneled, imperiled, initialed, intermingled, jangled, jostled, juggled, kindled, knuckled, ladled, leveled, levelled, mangled, manhandled, marshaled, marshalled, marveled, mingled, mishandled, modeled, mottled, muddled, muffled, muscled, muzzled, needled, nestled, nettled, newfangled, ogled, paddled, paneled, parceled, pedaled, pedalled, peddled, penciled, peopled, pickled, principled, pummeled, puzzled, quadrupled, quarreled, quintupled, rankled, rattled, raveled, recycled, refueled, rekindled, remodeled, resettled, reshuffled, reveled, riddled, rifled, rippled, rivaled, ruffled, rumpled, saddled, sampled, scaffold, scuffled, scuttled, settled, shackled, shoveled, shriveled, shuffled, shuttled, signaled, signalled, singled, sizzled, smuggled, snarled, spangled, sparkled, speckled, spiraled, sprinkled, squirreled, stapled, startled, stenciled, stifled, straddled, straggled, strangled, struggled, subtitled, swindled, tackled, tangled, tasseled, tattled, throttled, tickled, tinkled, titled, toggled, toppled, totaled, totalled, trampled, traveled, travelled, trickled, tripled, trundled, tussled, unbridled, unprincipled, unraveled, unrivaled, unruffled, unsettled, unshackled, untrammeled, waffled, wangled, whistled, whittled, widdled, wrangled, wrestled, wrinkled.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-e-e-f-l-n"
	-1 letter: enfeeble.
	-3 letters: beefed, bendee, blende, feeble, needle.
	-4 letters: bedel, bleed, blend, leben.
	-5 letters: beef, been, bend, bene, bled, dele, delf, dene, feed, feel, fend, fled, flee, lend, need.
	Words containing the letters "b-d-e-e-e-e-f-l-n"
	+3 letters: feebleminded.
	+5 letters: feeblemindedly.
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