Definitions of vulnerable [ˈvʌl nər ə bəl]

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Definition of 'vulnerable'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) vulnerable
capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt physically or emotionally.

2.  vulnerable
susceptible to temptation or corrupt influence.

3.  vulnerable
open to or defenseless against criticism or moral attack.

4.  vulnerable
(of a place) open to assault; difficult to defend.

5.  vulnerable
having won one of the games of a rubber of bridge.

Etymology: (1595–1605; < LL vulnerābilis= L vulnerā(re) to wound +-bilis -ble ; see vulnerary)

Definition of 'vulnerable'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) vulnerable
susceptible to attack
"a vulnerable bridge"

2. (adj) vulnerable
susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation
"vulnerable to bribery"; "an argument vulnerable to refutation"

3. (adj) vulnerable
capable of being wounded or hurt
"vulnerable parts of the body"

Definition of 'vulnerable'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) vulnerable
easily hurt or attacked because of being weak
a vulnerable child; Without weapons they were vulnerable to attack.

Definition of 'vulnerable'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) vulnerable
capable of being wounded; susceptible of wounds or external injuries; as, a vulnerable body

2. (adj) vulnerable
liable to injury; subject to be affected injuriously; assailable; as, a vulnerable reputation

Translation of 'vulnerable'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: unprotected against attack; liable to be hurt or damaged Small animals are often vulnerable to attack.
Afrikaans: weerloos	Arabic: عُرْضَة للهُجوم أو الإنتِ	Bulgarian: уязвим
Brazilian: vulnerável	Czech: zranitelný	German: verwundbar
Danish: sårbar	Greek: ευάλωτος, τρωτός	Spanish: vulnerable
Estonian: haavatav, kaitsetu	Farsi: آسیب پذیر	Finnish: haavoittuvainen
French: vulnérable	Hebrew: פָּגִיע	Hindi: भेद्य
Croatian: ranjiv	Hungarian: sebezhető, (meg)támadható	Indonesian: rawan
Icelandic: berskjaldaður, viðkvæmur;	Italian: vulnerabile	Japanese: 傷つきやすい
Korean: 상처받기 쉬운, 공격을 당하기 쉬운	Lithuanian: sužeidžiamas, pažeidžiama	Latvian: viegli ievainojams; vārīg
Malay: mudah terdedah pd bahaya	Dutch: kwetsbaar	Norwegian: sårbar, ømskinnet
Polish: wrażliwy, narażony	Persian: آسیب پذیر	Pashto: كيدونكى: يرغل ته جوړ، هغه
Portuguese: vulnerável	Romanian: vulnerabil	Russian: беззащитный
Slovak: zraniteľný, citlivý	Slovenian: ranljiv	Serbian: ranjiv
Swedish: sårbar, ömtålig, känslig	Thai: ซึ่งบาดเจ็บได้ง่าย	Turkish: korunmasız, zayıf
Taiwanese: 脆弱的，易受攻擊的	Ukrainian: уразливий	Urdu: غير محفوظ
Vietnamese: có thể bị tổn thương	Chinese: 脆弱的，易受攻击的
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