enervating

Definitions

Causing one to feel drained of energy or vitality.

Weakening or sapping the strength or vigor of someone or something.

Examples

The enervating heat of the desert made it difficult for the hikers to continue their journey.

After a long and enervating day at the office, all I wanted to do was collapse on the couch.

The constant noise in the city can be incredibly enervating for those who are used to the peace of the countryside.

Synonyms

debilitating draining exhausting fatiguing weakening enfeebling devitalizing

Antonyms

invigorating energizing revitalizing stimulating strengthening refreshing galvanizing