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Feebleness

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fee·ble  (fbl)
adj. fee·bler, fee·blest
1.
a. Lacking strength; weak.
b. Indicating weakness.
2. Lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; inadequate. See Synonyms at weak.
[Middle English feble, from Old French, from Latin flbilis, lamentable, from flre, to weep.]
feeble·ness n.
feebly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.feebleness - the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
debility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism
unfitness, softness - poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)
asthenia, astheny - an abnormal loss of strength
cachexia, cachexy, wasting - any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
2.feebleness - the quality of lacking intensity or substance; "a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
tenuity
weakness - the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain; "his weakness increased as he became older"; "the weakness of the span was overlooked until it collapsed"


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--She shook her head, put the music aside, and after running over the keys for a minute, complained of feebleness in her fingers, and closed the instrument again; declaring however with firmness as she did so, that she should in future practice much.
Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context
Pitying his age and feebleness, I took him up, and wading across the stream I bent down that he might more easily reach the bank, and bade him get down.
The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context
The writer, after lauding the god by detailing his attributes, prays to be delivered from feebleness and weakness of soul, as also from impulses to wanton and brutal violence.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
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