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Feeble

Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.

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Similar meaning 6

Frail 84% connected

A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Frail 84% connected

A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Powerless 84% connected

Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Powerless 84% connected

Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Weak 84% connected

Wanting physical strength.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Weak 84% connected

Wanting physical strength.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

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Feebleness 74% connected

The quality or condition of being feeble; debility; infirmity.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Feebleness 74% connected

The quality or condition of being feeble; debility; infirmity.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Frailty 74% connected

The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally, frailness; infirmity; weakness of resolution; liableness to be deceived or se…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Frailty 74% connected

The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally, frailness; infirmity; weakness of resolution; liableness to be deceived or se…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Debile 92% connected

Weak.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Decrepit 92% connected

Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities of old age; feeble; worn out.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Faint 92% connected

Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Infirm 92% connected

Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an infirm constitution.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lame 92% connected

Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nerveless 92% connected

Destitute of nerves.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rickety 92% connected

Affected with rickets.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sapless 92% connected

Destitute of sap; not juicy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Weak 92% connected

Wanting physical strength.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Weakly 92% connected

In a weak manner; with little strength or vigor; feebly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Near synonym 1

Weak 90% connected

Wanting physical strength.

general 74% interchangeable

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