asthenic
- adjective
- /æˈsθɛnɪk/
- Specialized
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astenico
- After weeks of illness, she felt asthenic and unable to lift even a small bag.
Examples
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The asthenic child struggled to keep up with his peers during physical activities.
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His asthenic appearance made him appear fragile and delicate in comparison to others.
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The following is an example, given by Lobaczewski, of the thought pattern of a person who seems a typical and severe case of asthenic psychopathy:
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These people, asthenic and hypersensitive, do not indicate the same glaring deficit in moral feeling and ability to sense a psychological situation as it appears in essential psychopathy.
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The most frequently indicated and known type is the asthenic psychopath, which appears in every conceivable intensity, from barely perceptible to an obvious pathologic deficiency.
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Other psychopathies—asthenic, schizoidal, anankastic, hysterical, et al.—definitely play second fiddle, although in sum they are much more numerous.
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Synonyms
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4.1
Being physically weak and breaking easily
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4.2
Very thin and weak in a way that looks unhealthy
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7.0
Very weak and lacking energy because of illness or injury
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7.0
Very thin person with little or no fat
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7.6
Feeling very weak and having little energy
Physically weak and without energy, often after an illness
Having a thin, narrow body shape
Having a long thin body
Antonyms
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Morphology
asthenic = asthenia (semi-transparent) = asthen + ic
The adjective is formed regularly from the noun 'asthenia' (weakness) with the productive adjectival suffix '-ic'.
Etymology
Asthenic comes from Greek parts a- 'without' and sthen- 'strength', and you can see the connection to the English word 'strength'. So asthenic literally means 'without strength', which is why it describes someone who is physically weak or very thin.