My grandmother was gradually becoming forgetful and frail.
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Frail
//fɹeɪl//
Synonyms for "frail" (295 found)
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enervatedephemeralerringetherealevanescentexhaustedfadingfailingfaintfaintheartedfallenfeeblefeeblemindedficklefillyfinefine drawnfine-drawnfinespunfinite
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fissilefleetingfleshlyflimsyflittingfly-by-nightflyingfoiblefracturablefragilefrailtyfrangiblefriablefugaciousfugitivegalgauzygimcrackgimcrackygirlgirlishgossamergossamerygracilehealthlessheiferhominalhomocentrichothousehoydenhumanhumanisticillimperfectimpermanentimpetuousimpotentimpulsiveimpurein poor healthinconstantinfirminsecureinsubstantialinvalidinvertebratejerryjerry builtjerry-builtlacerablelacylanguishinglapsedlasslightlight bonedlightweight
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limpmademoisellemaidmaidenman-centeredmissmistymomentarymoribundmortalmutablenamby pambynamby-pambynondurablenonpermanentnymphetof easy virtueonly humanpalepapery
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passingpasteboardypeakedpeakypeccableperishablepettyphthisicpiecepliablepoorlypostlapsarianprodigalpunyrarerarefiedrecidivistrecidivisticreducedreduced in healthricketyromprun downrun-downscissilescourgescrawnyshatterableshatteryshiveryshort livedshort-livedsicksicklysissifiedskinnyskirtsleazyslenderslenderishslightslight-madeslimslimmishslinkyslipsmallsoftspinelesssplinterysubdebsubtlesveltesylphliketackyteenyboppertelluriantemporaltemporarytendertenuousthinthin-bodiedthin-setthin-spunthinnishthreadliketomatotomboytransienttransitivetransitoryunangelicunchasteuncleanundurableunenduringungodlyungoodunhealthyunrighteousunsaintlyunsoundunstableunsubstantialunvirtuousunwellvaguevaletudinarianvaletudinaryvicevirginvirtuelessvolatilevulnerablewantonwasp waistedwasp-waistedwasting awaywateredwatered downwatered-downwaterywaywardweakweak kneedweak mindedweak-kneedweak-mindedweak-willedweakenedweaklyweedywenchwillowywiredrawnwispywith low resistancewomanish
Noun(3 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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15 entriesTranslations
60 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- изнежен adj (weak, infirm)
- крехък adj (easily broken physically)
- чуплив adj (easily broken physically)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 孱弱 adj (easily broken physically)
- 弱不禁風的 /弱不禁风的 adj (easily broken physically)
- 脆弱 adj (easily broken physically)
Esperanto
1 entries- malforta adj (weak, infirm)
Estonian
1 entries- habras adj (easily broken physically)
Finnish
4 entries- hairahtuvainen adj (liable to fall from virtue)
- hauras adj (easily broken physically)
- hauras adj (mentally fragile)
- heiveröinen adj (easily broken physically)
French
1 entries- fragile adj (liable to fall from virtue)
German
3 entries- gebrechlich adj (easily broken physically)
- schwach adj (easily broken physically)
- zierlich adj (weak, infirm)
Greek
1 entries- άπλερος adj (weak, infirm)
Hindi
2 entries- दुर्बल adj (weak, infirm)
- भंगुर adj (easily broken physically)
Ingrian
2 entries- habras adj (easily broken physically)
- rappia adj (easily broken physically)
Macedonian
2 entries- кревка adj (weak, infirm)
- кревок adj (weak, infirm)
Māori
4 entries- hūngoingoi adj (mentally fragile)
- kopī adj (easily broken physically)
- kōngongengonge adj (weak, infirm)
- kōpīpī adj (easily broken physically)
Polish
2 entries- arcydelikatny adj (easily broken physically)
- wątły adj (easily broken physically)
Portuguese
4 entries- delicado adj (easily broken physically)
- débil adj (easily broken physically)
- débil adj (weak, infirm)
- fraco adj (weak, infirm)
Russian
4 entries- ло́мкий adj (easily broken physically)
- непро́чный adj (easily broken physically)
- сла́бый adj (weak, infirm)
- хру́пкий adj (easily broken physically)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- krhak adj (easily broken physically)
- loman adj (easily broken physically)
Spanish
4 entries- delicado adj (easily broken physically)
- delicado adj (weak, infirm)
- delicado adj (mentally fragile)
- débil adj (easily broken physically)
Turkish
2 entries- düşkün adj (liable to fall from virtue)
- zayıf adj (liable to fall from virtue)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
He was too frail to play games outdoors.
Source: tatoeba (288799)
He's become frail in his old age.
Source: tatoeba (442457)
My grandmother is too frail now to get in and out of bed by herself.
Source: tatoeba (706799)
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