noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The quality or state of being feeble; debility; infirmity. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the quality of lacking intensity or substance wordnet
3. 3
   the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

weaknessabuliaanemiaanilityatonyblah feeling

Etymology

From Middle English feblenesse; equivalent to feeble + -ness.

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