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Infirm

Infirm Meaning & Definition
Infirm Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Infirm?

[adj] weak and feeble; "I'm feeling seedy today"
[adj] lacking firmness of will or character or purpose; "infirm of purpose; give me the daggers" - Shakespeare
[adj] lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
[adj] confined to bed (by illness)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Infirm: bedfast | bedrid | bedridden | debilitated | decrepit | enfeebled | feeble | frail | ill | irresolute | sapless | seedy | sick | sick-abed | unhealthy | weak | weakly

Related Terms | Find terms related to Infirm: abulic | Adamic | adrift | afloat | afraid | ailing | alternating | amorphous | anile | backsliding | cachectic | capricious | carnal | changeable | changeful | cowardly | crabbed | crippled | crumbling | dangerous | debilitated | decrepit | desultory | deviable | disintegrating | dizzy | doddered | doddering | doddery | drained | eccentric | enervated | enfeebled | erratic | erring | exhausted | failing | faint | fainthearted | fallen | faltering | fast and loose | feeble | feebleminded | fickle | fitful | fleshly | flickering | flighty | flimsy | flitting | fluctuating | fossilized | fragile | frail | freakish | gerontal | gerontic | giddy | hazardous | healthless | ill | impetuous | impulsive | impure | in poor health | inconsistent | inconstant | indecisive | indisposed | insecure | insubstantial | invalid | invertebrate | irregular | irresolute | irresponsible | lame | languishing | lapsed | mazy | mercurial | moody | moribund | mossbacked | moth-eaten | mummylike | of easy virtue | on the decline | pale | palsied | papery-skinned | peaked | peaky | peccable | perilous | pliable | poor | poorish | postlapsarian | precarious | prodigal | provisional | rambling | ravaged with age | recidivist | recidivistic | reduced | reduced in health | restless | rickety | risky | rotten | rotten at | roving | run to seed | run-down | rusty | scatterbrained | senile | shaky | shapeless | shifting | shifty | shriveled | shuffling | sick | sickly | slippery | soft | spasmodic | spineless | stricken in years | temporary | tentative | ticklish | timeworn | tottering | tottery | treacherous | unaccountable | unangelic | uncertain | unchaste | unclean | uncontrolled | undependable | undisciplined | unfaithworthy | unfirm | unfixed | ungodly | ungood | unhealthy | unpredictable | unreliable | unrestrained | unrighteous | unsaintly | unsettled | unsolid | unsound | unstable | unstable as water | unstaid | unsteadfast | unsteady | unsturdy | unsubstantial | unsure | untrustworthy | unvirtuous | unwell | vacillating | vagrant | valetudinarian | valetudinary | variable | vicissitudinary | vicissitudinous | virtueless | volatile | wandering | wanton | wasted | wavering | wavery | wavy | wayward | weak | weakened | weak-kneed | weakly | weak-minded | weak-willed | whimsical | wishy-washy | with low resistance | withered | wizened | wobbling | wobbly

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Infirm In Webster's Dictionary

\In*firm"\ ([i^]n*f[~e]rm"), a. [L. infirmus: cf. F. infirme. See {In-} not, and {Firm}, a.] 1. Not firm or sound; weak; feeble; as, an infirm body; an infirm constitution. A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man. --Shak. 2. Weak of mind or will; irresolute; vacillating. ``An infirm judgment.'' --Burke. Infirm of purpose! --Shak. 3. Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious. He who fixes on false principles treads or infirm ground. --South. Syn: Debilitated; sickly; feeble; decrepit; weak; enfeebled; irresolute; vacillating; imbecile.
\In*firm"\, v. t. [L. infirmare : cf. F. infirmer.] To weaken; to enfeeble. [Obs.] --Sir W. Raleigh.

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