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Feeble Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Feeble? [adj] lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [adj] lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" [adj] lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice" [adj] pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Feeble: decrepit \| faint \| frail \| infirm \| lame \| nerveless \| powerless \| sapless \| weak \| weakly Related Terms \| Find terms related to Feeble: abulic \| afraid \| aged \| ailing \| anemic \| anile \| asthenic \| backward \| barely audible \| blear \| bleared \| bleary \| bloodless \| blurred \| blurry \| cachectic \| chicken \| confused \| cowardly \| crabbed \| dark \| debilitated \| decrepit \| decrescendo \| delicate \| dim \| dim-witted \| distant \| dizzy \| doddered \| doddering \| doddery \| drained \| drooping \| droopy \| dull \| effete \| emasculated \| enervated \| enfeebled \| etiolated \| exhausted \| failing \| faint \| fainthearted \| faintish \| faint-voiced \| feckless \| feebleminded \| filmy \| flabby \| flaccid \| flimsy \| floppy \| foggy \| forceless \| fossilized \| fragile \| frail \| fuzzy \| gentle \| gerontal \| gerontic \| gone \| gutless \| half-baked \| half-heard \| half-seen \| half-visible \| half-witted \| hazy \| healthless \| helpless \| ill-defined \| imbecile \| imperceptible \| impotent \| impuissant \| in poor health \| inadequate \| inconclusive \| inconspicuous \| indefinite \| indistinct \| indistinguishable \| ineffective \| ineffectual \| infirm \| insignificant \| insubstantial \| insufficient \| invalid \| invertebrate \| lame \| languid \| languishing \| languorous \| limber \| limp \| listless \| low \| low-profile \| lustless \| marrowless \| merely glimpsed \| misty \| moribund \| moronic \| mossbacked \| moth-eaten \| mummylike \| murmured \| namby-pamby \| nerveless \| obscure \| out of focus \| pale \| palsied \| paltry \| papery-skinned \| peaked \| peaky \| pianissimo \| piano \| pithless \| pliable \| pooped \| poor \| powerless \| puny \| ravaged with age \| reduced \| reduced in health \| rickety \| rubbery \| run to seed \| run-down \| rusty \| sapless \| scarcely heard \| semivisible \| senile \| shadowy \| shaky \| shoddy \| shriveled \| sickly \| simpleminded \| sinewless \| slack \| slight \| slow \| slow-witted \| soft \| soft-sounding \| soft-voiced \| spineless \| spiritless \| strengthless \| stricken in years \| subaudible \| subdued \| thin \| timeworn \| tottering \| tottery \| unavailing \| uncertain \| unclear \| unconvincing \| undefined \| unhardened \| unhealthy \| unmanned \| unnerved \| unplain \| unproved \| unrecognizable \| unrigorous \| unsatisfactory \| unsound \| unstrung \| unsubstantial \| unsustained \| vague \| valetudinarian \| valetudinary \| weak \| weakened \| weak-kneed \| weakly \| weak-minded \| weak-voiced \| weak-willed \| wet \| whispered \| wishy-washy \| with low resistance \| withered \| wizened \| woozy See Also \| Feeble In Webster's Dictionary \Fee"ble\ (f[=e]"b'l), a. [Compar. {Feebler} (-bl[~e]r); superl. {Feeblest} (-bl[e^]st).] [OE. feble, OF. feble, flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf. {Foible}.] 1. Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated. Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. --2 Chron. xxviii. 15. 2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. ``A lady's feeble voice.'' --Shak. \Fee"ble\, v. t. To make feble; to enfeeble. [Obs.] Shall that victorious hand be feebled here? --Shak.

Feeble Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Feeble?

[adj] lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
[adj] lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
[adj] lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"
[adj] pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"

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Feeble In Webster's Dictionary

\Fee"ble\ (f[=e]"b'l), a. [Compar. {Feebler} (-bl[~e]r);
superl. {Feeblest} (-bl[e^]st).] [OE. feble, OF. feble,
flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be
wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf.
{Foible}.]
1. Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.

         Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. --2
                                               Chron. xxviii.
                                               15.

2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or
   expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.;
   faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. ``A lady's
   feeble voice.'' --Shak.


\Fee"ble\, v. t.
To make feble; to enfeeble. [Obs.]

      Shall that victorious hand be feebled here? --Shak.

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