feebleness
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5.2
- noun
- /ˈfiːblnəs/
:
debilidad
- Is it just my lack of words, or is it, at a deeper level, the feebleness of human speech itself?
This is not vigor but actually weakness or or feebleness.
- This is not vigor but actually weakness or or feebleness.
Examples
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Their feebleness ensures her gentleness, it would seem, for they spread their great butterfly wings and skim along without fear, going far afield for the fishing.
Blog text (22) -
Before the fall, Wentworth's misunderstanding of persuadability had prevented him from forgiving Anne: "she had used him ill; deserted and disappointed him; and worse, she had shown a feebleness of character in doing so, which his own decided, confident temper could not endure."
Academic text (2007) -
This feebleness is especially troubling for Japan.
Academic text (1998) -
"Russia's feebleness, as he and nearly every other Russian know well, is manifest at every turn."
Academic text (2001) -
They're able to access the power of the earth to overcome the, the, the, the feebleness and the weaknesses of the human body.
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She sees Henry James, the Master, growing rich on the triumph of a play, the very play that once failed humiliatingly on the London boards; but she already knows (as the Master himself will soon know) that paradisal success will end in jeers and feebleness.
Fiction book (1997) -
Later, given its feebleness, the poem presents a fitting and ironic image for the manhood of the story: "Couldn't he have some spark of manhood about him?" (D 124).
Academic text (1991) -
Though Arkady had hated them all his life—despised them, really, because they had abused him out of sycophancy rather than evil—he was astonished at their feebleness.
Fiction book (1992) -
The coach noticed the feebleness of the players' performance during the match.
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Her feebleness in dealing with stressful situations often left her feeling overwhelmed.
Synonyms
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1.4
Lack of physical or mental strength that makes someone less able to act
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7.4
A lack of power to make things happen
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4.2
Lack of strong, detailed ideas or proof in a text
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9.6
Not trying or able to do what is needed to solve a problem
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6.2
A weak, unconvincing argument or excuse
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7.9
Lack of power to change things
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3.7
The state of having little energy or force
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6.1
A thin, small body that looks weak
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4.4
Being weak and not well made so it breaks or fails easily
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8.2
Weakness in the body that follows illness or old age
A small amount of strength or force
A lack of being real, strong, or convincing
A small or weak quality that shows little real strength
A weak or slight state often about ideas and relationships
A feeling of being unable to change things
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Feebleness comes from the adjective feeble, which means 'weak'. A long time ago feeble was used for someone so weak they made others feel pity, and that image of having little power or force is why feebleness means a lack of strength, force, or substance.