feeble

Examples

• All

• When Benny died, Severin felt sick, feeble, and incapable of getting out of bed.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Nina was standing on the bed, pushing the window up in a feeble attempt to escape.

  Fiction book (1994)

• I might have the body of a weak and feeble woman...

  The Duke (2021)

• That my stroke has left me feeble.

  The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)

• The room looked strange in the feeble glow of yellow light, streaked with shadows and memories.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The Cherokee County family had just started to eat when Steele began to feel feeble and disoriented.

  Academic text (2009)

• Only one window was lighted, and a feeble glow fanned out into the courtyard from an interior room.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The calves of most antelopes remain too feeble to outrun predators for days or even weeks after they are born.

  Academic text (2006)

• The old man's feeble voice could barely be heard during the meeting.

• Due to his feeble condition, he required assistance with everyday tasks.

Synonyms

W

weak

vsfeeble

524 1.0

Not strong in body or muscles and easily tired

is used for physical or mental lack of energy often from age or illness

F

faint

vsfeeble

148 2.7

Very slight and hard to notice

describes clear physical or mental lack of strength rather than slightness

I

infirm

vsfeeble

• Formal

9 6.1

Weak in body, often because of old age or illness

is more general low strength not tied only to age or illness

D

decrepit

vsfeeble

9 7.0

A living thing that is very weak and thin from old age or long illness

focuses on present low energy rather than long term physical ruin

R

rickety

vsfeeble

2 7.0

Physically weak, often with shaky or bent legs

covers general bodily or mental weakness rather than shaky parts specifically

D

debilitated

vsfeeble

1 7.0

Very weak and lacking energy because of illness or injury

covers weakness from any cause, not only recent illness or injury

N

nerveless

vsfeeble

• Archaic

1 7.2

Weak and lacking energy or strength

describes weakness of strength or vitality rather than loss of nerve

S

sapless

vsfeeble

1 9.5

Being dry and without life or energy

is a more direct medical or everyday sense of low strength or energy

D

debile

vsfeeble

• Archaic

9.9

Weak in the body and having little strength

is a broader term for low strength or energy in body or mind

D

doddery

vsfeeble

8.9

Being weak, unsteady, or slow in thinking because of old age

emphasizes lack of strength or energy without implying mental decline

Antonyms

S

strong

∞ 1.0

Having great physical power or being solid enough to resist force

V

vital

30 3.8

Full of energy and enthusiasm

How Weak

decrepit

9 6.6

frail

6.5

feeble

25 3.9

weak

524 1.0

delicate

188 3.8

Surface Forms

Etymology