weakish

3.4

Not very strong physically, in health, or in quality

adjective
/ˈwiːkɪʃ/

Informal

: débil

The team's performance was weakish, resulting in a disappointing loss against their rivals.

Examples

After a week of little exercise, he felt a bit weakish during his morning run.
Together we spun out a weakish, introspective, almost mousy sound.

Fiction book (1996)
The sauce turned out weakish, so I added more spices to enhance the flavor.

Synonyms

faint

vsweakish

148 2.7

Very slight and hard to notice

is slightly stronger showing a small but noticeable loss of strength

weak

vsweakish

69 1.0

Not strong in sound, light, or color

is milder meaning only a small shortfall in strength

Antonyms

strong

∞ 1.0

Having great physical power or being solid enough to resist force

How Weak

frail

52 4.1

weak

524 1.0

weakish

Informal

3.4

Surface Forms

weakish positive

weaker comparative

weakest superlative

Morphology

weakish = weak (transparent) = weak + ish

The suffix '-ish' here means 'somewhat' or 'slightly', so the adjective is a straightforward 'somewhat weak' formation.

Etymology

Weakish is weak plus the ending -ish, which means 'a little' or 'kind of', like in greenish. So weakish simply means 'slightly weak'.