enervating climate

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• enervating, invigorating — Possibly because enervate looks and sounds something like energy, some writers and speakers confuse the meanings of enervating and invigorating, which are almost antonyms. Enervating means weakening, devitalizing, sapping the strength of (a humid …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

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