feeble

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Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated

Though she appeared old and feeble, she could still throw a ball.

To make feeble; to enfeeble
Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; faint

That was a feeble excuse for an example.

{v} to weaken
{a} weak, sickly, infirm
To make feble; to enfeeble
lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc
{s} weak, frail; intellectually weak, morally weak; faint, lacking intensity
lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"
If you describe someone or something as feeble, you mean that they are weak. He told them he was old and feeble and was not able to walk so far The feeble light of a tin lamp. + feebly fee·bly His left hand moved feebly at his side
faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion
pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"
Another name for the foible, originating in Scottish fencing manuals The feeble or weak area of the blade toward the tip
lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument
What old fencers eventually become
If you describe something that someone says as feeble, you mean that it is not very good or convincing. This is a particularly feeble argument. = weak + feebly fee·bly I said `Sorry', very feebly, feeling rather embarrassed. = weakly
feeble-minded
Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy; lacking intelligence; irresolute; vacillating; imbecile
feeble-minded
dim-witted, slow, stupid, mentally deficient
feebleness
{n} weakly, faintly, without strength
feebly
{a} weakly
feebleness
the quality of lacking intensity or substance; "a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
feebleness
the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
feebleness
The quality or state of being feeble; debility; infirmity
feebleness
{i} weakness, faintness; intellectual or moral weakness; lack of strength or intensity
feebleness
The quality or condition of being feeble; debility; infirmity
feebler
comparative of feeble
feeblest
superlative of feeble
feebly
In a feeble manner
feebly
in a halting and feeble manner; "reform, in fact, is, rather feebly, on the win" in a faint and feeble manner; "the lighthouse, flashing feebly against the sleet-blurred, rocky backdrop of the coast of north west Norway
feebly
in a faint and feeble manner; "the lighthouse, flashing feebly against the sleet-blurred, rocky backdrop of the coast of north west Norway"
feebly
in a faint and feeble manner; "the lighthouse, flashing feebly against the sleet-blurred, rocky backdrop of the coast of north west Norway
feebly
weakly, faintly; without strength or intensity, faintly; in a frail manner
feebly
in a halting and feeble manner; "reform, in fact, is, rather feebly, on the win"
feeble
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