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1 snervante
irritating, wearing on the nerves* * *snervante agg. enervating, debilitating; ( estenuante) exhausting: clima snervante, enervating climate; un lavoro snervante, an exhausting work; un'attesa snervante, an exhausting wait.* * *[zner'vante]* * *snervante/zner'vante/[persona, rumore] enervating, nerve racking, unnerving; [ attesa] exasperating. -
2 estenuante
exhausting* * *estenuante agg. exhausting, enervating; ( che affatica) tiring, wearing: un clima estenuante, an enervating climate; lavoro estenuante, exhausting (o very hard) work; viaggio estenuante, tiring journey; erano tutti molto tesi per l'attesa estenuante, they were all very tense because of the exhausting wait.* * *[estenu'ante]* * *estenuante/estenu'ante/ -
3 spossante
spossante agg. exhausting; ( stancante) wearing; ( snervante) enervating: un viaggio spossante, an exhausting journey; un clima spossante, an enervating climate.* * *[spos'sante]aggettivo exhausting, wearing* * *spossante/spos'sante/exhausting, wearing. -
4 infiacchire
infiacchire v.tr. to weaken, to enfeeble, to enervate: un clima che infiacchisce, an enervating climate◆ v. intr. → infiacchirsi.◘ infiacchirsi v.intr.pron. to become* weak, to grow* weak, to weaken, to become* enfeebled, to lose* one's strength.* * *[infjak'kire]1. vt(anche), fig to weaken, exhaust2. vi* * *[infjak'kire] 1. 2.verbo pronominale infiacchirsi to grow* weak(er), to weaken* * *infiacchire/infjak'kire/ [102]to enfeeble, to weaken [ persona]II infiacchirsi verbo pronominaleto grow* weak(er), to weaken. -
5 sfibrante
sfibrante agg. trying, wearing; enervating, wearying; exhausting: un ritmo di vita sfibrante, an exhausting pace of life; attesa sfibrante, nerve-racking wait.* * *[sfi'brante]* * *sfibrante/sfi'brante/[lavoro, vita] exhausting, wearing; [ attesa] gruelling, grueling AE. -
6 snervare
snervare v.tr.1 to enervate, to debilitate, to enfeeble; ( esaurire) to exhaust, to wear* out: un clima che snerva, an enervating climate; il lavoro mi ha snervato, work has worn me out2 ( macelleria) to enervate.◘ snervarsi v.intr.pron.1 to be enervated, to be weakened; ( esaurirsi) to get* exhausted2 (mecc.) to yeld.* * *[zner'vare] 1.verbo transitivo to enervate, to unnerve, to wear* out, to exhaust2.* * *snervare/zner'vare/ [1]to enervate, to unnerve, to wear* out, to exhaustII snervarsi verbo pronominaleto become* enervated, to get* exhausted.
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enervating — UK [ˈenə(r)ˌveɪtɪŋ] / US [ˈenərˌveɪtɪŋ] adjective formal making you feel tired and weak … English dictionary
enervating — adjective causing debilitation (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑debilitative, ↑enfeebling, ↑weakening • Similar to: ↑debilitating • Derivationally related forms: ↑debilitate … Useful english dictionary
