Synonyms for Feeble | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "feeble" (258 found)

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Closest matches (52)

Adjective(8 words)

faint infirm weak anaemic bedrid debile decrepit dim

abulic afraid aged ailing anemic anile asthenic backwardbarely audibleblear bleared bleary bloodless blurred blurry cachectic chicken colorless confused cowardly

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crabbed dark debilitated decrepit decrescendo delicate dim dim-witted distant dizzy doddered doddering doddery drained drooping droopy dull effete emasculated enervated enfeebled etiolated exhausted failing

Strong matches (77)

faint faint-hearted faint-voiced fainthearted faintish feckless feebleminded filmy flabby flaccid flimsy floppy foggy forceless fossilized fragile frail fuzzy gentle gerontal

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Noun(3 words)

faint verbmore waterymost dilute

Adjective(5 words)

faintest fragile frail inadequate lame

Related words (129)

moth eatenmoth-eaten mummylike murmured namby-pamby nerveless obscureout of focuspale palsied paltry papery-skinned pathetic peaked peaky pianissimo piano pithless pliable pooped

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poor powerless punyravaged with agereducedreduced in healthrickety rubberyrun downrun to seedrun-down rusty saplessscarcely heardsemivisible senile shadowy shaky shoddy shriveled sickly simpleminded sinewless slack slender slight slow slow-witted soft soft-sounding soft-voiced spineless spiritless strengthlessstricken in yearssubaudible subdued tame tender tenuous tepid thin timeworn tottering tottery unavailing uncertain unclear unconvincing undefined unhardened unhealthy unmanned unnerved unplain unproved unrecognizable unrigorous unsatisfactory unsound unstrung unsubstantial unsustained unwell vague valetudinarian valetudinary weakweak kneedweak mindedweak-kneed weak-minded weak-voiced weak-willed weakened weakly wet whispered wishy-washywith low resistancewithered wizened woozy

Adjective(22 words)

nerveless poor puniest rickety sapless scrawny soft thready unsound waterywatery argumentwatery soupweak argumentweak authority figureweakly weedier weediest weedy wheeziest wimpiest

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wimpy wisplike

Noun(3 words)

pansyweak electrostatic pullweakened form

Verb(1 words)

piffling

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

4 entries

dimness inadequacy weaknessweakness of light

More specific

9 entries

dim lampfaint glowfeeble heartbeatfragile healthfrail bodypale tintpoor planunsound reasoningweak evidence

Collocations

5 entries

feeble argumentfeeble attemptfeeble excusefeeble heartbeatfeeble voice

Inflections

2 entries

feebler feeblest

Derivations

2 entries

feebleness feebly

similar

3 entries

frail powerless weak

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The old lady has been rather feeble since her illness.

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The feeble patient is suffering from stomach cancer.

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He was too feeble to do manual labor.

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Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

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