Enervare

Enervare is a Romanian noun that denotes a state of irritation, annoyance, or agitation caused by things that disturb a person, repeated frustrations, or stressful circumstances. In everyday language it is used to describe a feeling of being provoked or annoyed, from mild irritation to stronger emotional arousal. The term can appear in expressions such as „să simți enervarea” (to feel the enervation) or „enervarea cauzată de glasul său” (the irritation caused by his voice).

In addition to its common psychological sense, the word has a more historical or technical usage. Some texts use enervare to refer to the act of weakening or exhausting nerve energy, a sense tied to the Latin root enervare. In modern physiology and standard Romanian, however, the preferred term for the nerve supply of an organ is inervare (innervation), and enervare in this technical sense is uncommon and often considered outdated or figurative.

Usage notes:

- Typical contexts involve everyday irritations, stressors, or interpersonal frictions.

- It can carry a mildly pejorative or emphatic tone, depending on context.

- In scientific or medical writing, enervare is rarely used as a technical term; inervare is the standard vocabulary.

Synonyms include iritare, deranj, supărare, and exasperare; antonyms include calm, liniște, and serenitate. Enervare is primarily a colloquial or literary term in contemporary Romanian.