Feeble

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Lacking bodily strength; weak.
  • adjective. Having little intensity or strength; faint.
  • adjective. Having little capacity to withstand pressure or strain.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Lacking vigor or effectiveness; inadequate.
  • adjective. Showing little activity: synonym: weak.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To weaken; enfeeble.
  • To grow faint or weak.
  • Miserable; poor; common; mean.
  • Lacking strength; lacking capacity for forcible action or resistance; weak; specifically, reduced to a state of weakness, as by sickness or age.
  • Wanting in force exerted, whether of action or resistance; lacking in intensity, vividness, energy, or efficiency; faint: as, a feeble voice; a feeble light; feeble thinking; a feeble argument or poem.
  • Exhibiting or indicating weakness: as, a feeble appearance.
  • noun. A feeble person.
  • noun. Weakness; feebleness.
  • noun. Same as foible, 1.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.
  • adjective. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint
  • transitive verb. To make feble; to enfeeble.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.
  • adjective. Lacking force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; faint.
  • verb. To make feeble; to enfeeble.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
  • adjective. lacking strength
  • adjective. lacking strength or vigor
  • adjective. pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
  • Word Usage
    "Morons, who correspond to the common acceptation of the term feeble-minded, "can under proper direction become more or less self-supporting but they are as a rule incapable of undertaking affairs which demand judgment or involve unrestricted competition with normal individuals."
    Equivalent
    frail  powerless  weak  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    enfeeble  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abulic  afraid  aged  ailing  anemic