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Feeble

Feeble Meaning & Definition
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

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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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