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1. (adj.) feeble
physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
2. feeble
weak intellectually or morally:
a feeble mind.
3. feeble
lacking in volume, brightness, distinctness, etc.:
feeble light.
4. feeble
lacking in substance or effectiveness:
feeble arguments.
Etymology: (1125–75; ME feble < OF < L flēbilis lamentable =flē(re) to weep +-bilis -ble)
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1. (adj) feeble, lame
pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
"a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"
2. (adj) faint, feeble
lacking strength or vigor
"damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"
3. (adj) decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly
lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
"a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
4. (adj) feeble, nerveless
lacking strength
"a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
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1. (adjective) feeble
physically weak
a feeble old man
2. feeble
not effective or believable
a feeble excuse
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. feeble
deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated
2. feeble
wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion
3. (verb) feeble
to make feble; to enfeeble
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Sense: weak
The old lady has been rather feeble since her illness; a feeble excuse.
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 Afrikaans: swak, kragteloos, flou |
 Arabic: ضَعيف |
 Bulgarian: немощен |
 Brazilian: fraco |
 Czech: slabý |
 German: schwach |
 Danish: svag |
 Greek: αδύναμος |
 Spanish: débil |
 Estonian: nõrk |
 Farsi: ضعیف؛ ناچیز |
 Finnish: heikko |
 French: faible |
 Hebrew: חַלָש |
 Hindi: कमजोर |
 Croatian: slab, malaksao |
 Hungarian: gyenge |
 Indonesian: lemah |
 Icelandic: máttfarinn |
 Italian: debole |
 Japanese: 弱い |
 Korean: 허약한 |
 Lithuanian: silpnas |
 Latvian: vārgs; nespēcīgs |
 Malay: lemah |
 Dutch: zwak |
 Norwegian: svak(elig), ynkelig |
 Polish: słaby, wątły |
 Persian: ضعیف؛ ناچیز |
 Pashto: بى سيكه ، كمزورى، ناتوان |
 Portuguese: fraco |
 Romanian: slab |
 Russian: слабый |
 Slovak: slabý |
 Slovenian: slaboten |
 Serbian: slab |
 Swedish: svag, klen |
 Thai: ที่อ่อนกำลัง |
 Turkish: zayıf |
 Taiwanese: 虛弱的 |
 Ukrainian: слабкий, кволий |
 Urdu: کمزور |
 Vietnamese: yếu; yếu ớt |
 Chinese: 虚弱的 |
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