Usually means: Impairing normal function; severely hindering.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word Debilitating:

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  1. debilitating: Merriam-Webster
  2. debilitating: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. debilitating: Collins English Dictionary
  4. debilitating: Vocabulary.com
  5. Debilitating, debilitating: Wordnik
  6. debilitating: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. debilitating: Wiktionary
  8. Debilitating, debilitating: Dictionary.com
  9. debilitating: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Debilitating: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. debilitating: Rhymezone
  12. Debilitating: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. debilitating: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. debilitating: FreeDictionary.org
  15. debilitating: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. debilitating: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. debilitating: Legal dictionary

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. debilitating: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Debilitating: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (debilitating)

▸ adjective:  Causing a loss of energy or strength.

Similar:
enervating, enfeebling, debilitative, weakening, exhausting, killing, draining, feeble, muscleless, sinewless, more...

Opposite:
invigorating, energizing, stimulating, fortifying, strengthening

Types:
chronic, chronic pain, chronic illness, chronic depression, chronic anxiety, chronic stress, more...

Phrases:
debilitating depression, slightly debilitating, more...

Adjectives:
most, chronic, least, severe, serious, common, major, specific, numerous, worst, term

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Similar:
enervating, enfeebling, debilitative, weakening, exhausting, killing, draining, feeble, muscleless, sinewless, more...

Opposite:
invigorating, energizing, stimulating, fortifying, strengthening

Types:
chronic, chronic pain, chronic illness, chronic depression, chronic anxiety, chronic stress, more...

Phrases:
debilitating depression, slightly debilitating, more...

Adjectives:
most, chronic, least, severe, serious, common, major, specific, numerous, worst, term

Colors:
    gray,     black,     dark blue,     olive,     brown, more...



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