feeble
Meaning of feeble
adjective
- lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness.
by now, he was too feeble to leave his room
Middle English: from Old French fieble, earlier fleible, from Latin flebilis ‘lamentable’, from flere ‘weep’.
Information about feeble
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of feeble is: feebles.
- Languages in which feeble is used:
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Hyphenation of feeble
fee-ble
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- feeble is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
feeble synonyms
Meaning lame:
Meaning faint:
Meaning decrepit:
decrepit, debile, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly
Meaning nerveless:
Meaning make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength:
Meaning small and weak:
Meaning used or expended carelessly or to no purpose:
Meaning (of a person) weak and delicate:
Meaning susceptible to illness or adverse conditions:
Meaning often ill; in poor health:
Meaning in poor health:
Meaning ill:
Meaning unwell:
Meaning a weakness, especially in a person's character; a shortcoming:
Meaning unable to defend oneself or to act without help:
Meaning without ability, influence, or power:
Meaning unable to take effective action; helpless or powerless:
Meaning made weak or feeble:
Meaning drained of energy or vitality:
Meaning in a very weakened and infirm state:
Meaning deprived of strength or power; debilitated:
Meaning affected, over-refined, and ineffectual:
Meaning moving in a feeble or unsteady way, especially because of old age:
Meaning slow and unsteady in movement because of weakness in old age:
Meaning (of a person's steps) feeble or unsteady:
Meaning shaking or trembling:
Meaning shaking or quivering, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty:
Meaning shaking or quivering involuntarily:
Meaning pale and feeble or sickly-looking:
Meaning (of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of light:
feeble antonyms
Meaning having the power to move heavy weights or perform other physically demanding tasks:
Translation of feeble
- German: schwach, kraftlos
- French: faible
- Spanish: débil, endeble, feble
- Italian: debole
- Portuguese: fraco
Words that rhyme with feeble
affeeble, dweeble, enfeeble, infeeble, nonfeeble, unfeeble, weeble, Keble, deleble, inexpleble, moeble, Preble, quatreble, treble, superimposeble
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