Debility
[dɪ'bɪlɪtɪ] or [dɪ'bɪləti]
Definition
(a.) The state of being weak; weakness; feebleness; languor.
Editor: Manuel
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Weakness, feebleness, languor, prostration, exhaustion, infirmity, frailty, loss of strength.
Typist: Lolita
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Weakness, feebleness, frailty, infirmity, incapacity, imbecility, enervation,lassitude, languor
ANT:Strength, vigor, robustness, energy, tone, nerve, muscularity
Inputed by Armand
Examples
- I awoke next morning with courage revived and spirits refreshed: physical debility no longer enervated my judgment; my mind felt prompt and clear. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- My late fever seemed to have carried away all the oppression on my chest, except what was the mere effect of debility. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- They are brought to a certain point of dilapidation; they are reduced to pallor, debility, and emaciation. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- As I was in a state of extreme debility, I resolved to sail directly towards the town as a place where I could most easily procure nourishment. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I shall throw off this degrading weakness of body, which infects even my mind with debility, and I shall enter again on the performance of my duties. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Edited by Candice