Our sergeant did not, therefore, as might have been expected, retain the hale men to fight and send on the feeblings, but just the reverse; and the only disabled soldiers pushed forward were the few in the waggons […]
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Feebling
Synonyms for "feebling" (243 found)
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Closest matches (49)
Strong matches (73)
dulleffeteemasculatedenfeebledetiolatedexhaustedfailingfaint-heartedfaint-voicedfaintheartedfaintishfecklessfeeblemindedfilmyflabbyflaccidflimsyfloppyfoggyforce
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forcelessfossilizedfragilefuzzygentlegerontalgeronticgonegutlesshalf-bakedhalf-heardhalf-seenhalf-visiblehalf-wittedhazyhealthlesshelplessill-definedimbecileimperceptibleimperfectimpotentimpuissantin poor healthinadequateinconclusiveinconspicuousindefiniteindistinguishableineffectiveineffectualinsignificantinsipidinsubstantialinsufficientintensityinvalidinvertebratelamelanguidlanguorouslimberlimplistlesslittlelowlow profilelow-profile
Related words (121)
lustlessmarrowlessmerely glimpsedmistymoribundmoronicmossbackedmoth eatenmoth-eatenmummylikemurmurednamby-pambyobscureout of focuspalepalsiedpaltrypapery-skinnedpatheticpeaked
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peakypianissimopianopithlesspliablepoopedpoorpowerlesspunyravaged with agereducedreduced in healthricketyrubberyrun downrun to seedrun-downrustysaplessscarcely heardsemivisiblesenileshadowyshakyshoddyshriveledsimplemindedsinewlessslackslenderslightslowslow-wittedsoftsoft-soundingsoft-voicedspinelessspiritlessstrengthlessstricken in yearssubaudiblesubduedtametendertenuoustepidthintimeworntotteringtotteryunavailinguncertainunclearunconvincingundefinedunhardenedunhealthyunmannedunnervedunplainunprovedunrecognizableunrigorousunsatisfactoryunsoundunstrungunsubstantialunsustainedunwellvaguevaletudinarianvaletudinaryvigorvividnessweak kneedweak mindedweak-kneedweak-mindedweak-voicedweak-willedweakenedweaklyweedywetwhisperedwishy-washywith low resistancewitheredwithoutwizenedwoozy
Adjective(5 words)
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Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
You are feeblings. I am your master. You can't bring a squeal out of me. You think it remarkable, for you know how easily you would squeal.
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