FEEBLE

feeble, nerveless

(adjective) lacking strength; “a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude”- Nathaniel Hawthorne

decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly

(adjective) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; “a feeble old woman”; “her body looked sapless”

faint, feeble

(adjective) lacking strength or vigor; “damning with faint praise”; “faint resistance”; “feeble efforts”; “a feeble voice”

feeble, lame

(adjective) pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; “a feeble excuse”; “a lame argument”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

feeble (comparative feebler, superlative feeblest)

Deficient in physical strength

Lacking force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; faint.

Synonyms

• (physically weak): weak, infirm, debilitated

• (wanting force, vigor or efficiency): faint

Verb

feeble (third-person singular simple present feebles, present participle feebling, simple past and past participle feebled)

(obsolete) To make feeble; to enfeeble.

Anagrams

• beflee

Source: Wiktionary

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Fee"ble, a. [Compar. Feebler; superl. Feeblest.] Etym: [OE. feble, OF. feble, flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf. Foible.]

1. Deficient in physical strenght; weak; infirm; debilitated. Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. 2 Chron. xxviii. 15.

2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. "A lady's feeble voice." Shak.

Fee"ble, v. t.

Definition: To make feble; to enfeeble. [Obs.] Shall that victorious hand be feebled here Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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