Princeton's WordNet(2.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. feeble, lame(adj)

   pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness

   "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"

2. faint, feeble(adj)

   lacking strength or vigor

   "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"

3. decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly(adj)

   lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

   "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"

4. feeble, nerveless(adj)

   lacking strength

   "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. feeble(Verb)

   To make feeble; to enfeeble.

2. feeble(Adjective)

   Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.

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

3. feeble(Adjective)

   Lacking force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; faint.

   That was a feeble excuse for an example.

Origin: From feble, from feble, from flebilis, from flere, akin to fluere; see fluent.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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. Feeble(verb)

   to make feble; to enfeeble

Origin: [OE. feble, OF. feble, flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf. Foible.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Feeble

   fē′bl, adj. weak: wanting in strength of body, energy, or efficiency: showing weakness or incapacity: faint: dull.—adj. Fee′ble-mind′ed, weak-minded: irresolute.—n. Fee′bleness—(Spens.) Fe′blesse.—adv. Fee′bly. [O. Fr. foible, for floible—L. flebilis, lamentable, from flēre, to weep.]

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of feeble in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of feeble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Jean-Jacques Rousseau:

   A feeble body weakens the mind.

2. Charles Haddon Spurgeon:

   Never, for fear of feeble man, restrain your witness.

3. William Shakespeare:

   It is not enough to help the feeble up, but to support him after.

4. Magha:

   A man of feeble character resembles a reed that bends with every gust of wind.

5. Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet:

   That which seems most feeble and bewildered in you is the strongest and most determined.

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