weakness
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈwiːknəs/
- The Greeks have such a weakness for beauty.
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Watch on YouTubeI think just like shellfish is my food weakness.
- I think just like shellfish is my food weakness.
- And that is when a man loves a woman, she becomes his weakness.
- The glutton is somebody who has a weakness for the pleasures of food and drink.
- I know there were so many, but highlights are my weakness just like everything is.
- is my biggest weakness on this, on this app.
- But yeah, it's a weakness, but I think I'd never change it.
Examples
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But you seem to have a weakness for the lower orders that I find disturbing.
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He's got a weakness for girls like you.
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I have, I should admit, a weakness for the characters who, where I grew up, were commonly called hot shit.
Academic text (2008) -
French silk, for which I have always had a weakness.
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Paradoxically, her secret weakness is the secret of her power.
Academic text (2013) -
Call it weakness, I can't say no to any child of mine.
Fiction book (1996) -
I've always had a weakness for lost causes, once they're really lost.
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We Westerners have a weakness... for these spiritually inclined men of India.
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It adds a taste of elegance, for which I must confess a weakness, now and then.
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I have a serious weakness for chocolate cake, even though it's not healthy.
Synonyms
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4.2
A natural tendency to want or choose something
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2.8
A strong warm liking for a person or thing
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8.2
A strong liking for something you do often
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8.5
A natural liking or habit of doing something, often a bad thing
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8.4
A strong liking for something, like a type of food or music
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Etymology
Weakness comes from weak 'not strong' and the ending -ness. A helpful way to remember the meaning 'a strong liking' is to think of it as something you are 'not strong' against, so a weakness for sweets is a thing you cannot resist.