Feeble
['fiːb(ə)l] or ['fibl]
Definition
(adj.) lacking strength; 'a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude'- Nathaniel Hawthorne .
(adj.) pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; 'a feeble excuse'; 'a lame argument' .
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Definition
(superl.) Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.
(superl.) Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion.
(v. t.) To make feble; to enfeeble.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Weak, not strong.[2]. Debilitated, enervated, sickly, infirm, languishing, languid, drooping, frail.[3]. Faint, imperfect, not vigorous, not lively.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Wretched, weak, poor, frail, debilitated, dull, forceless, puny, nerveless,enfeebled, enervated, faint, infirm, incomplete, vain, fruitless, scanty,pitiable
ANT:Strong, robust, active, effective, successful, abundant
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Definition
adj. weak: wanting in strength of body energy or efficiency: showing weakness or incapacity: faint: dull.—adj. Fee′ble-mind′ed weak-minded: irresolute.—n. Fee′bleness—(Spens.) Fe′blesse.—adv. Fee′bly.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of being feeble, denotes unhealthy occupation and mental worry. Seek to make a change for yourself after this dream.
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Examples
- He laughed heartily at my feeble portrait of that gentleman, and said he was a man to know, and he must know him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Her mother seemed more than usually feeble. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I think so, Mas'r, said Tom; the poor crittur's sick and feeble; 't would be downright cruel, and it's what I never will do, nor begin to. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I do not speak to the feeble, or think of them: I address only such as are worthy of the work, and competent to accomplish it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- You are very feeble. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The term you use,' said Mr. Brownlow, sternly, 'is a reproach to those long since passed beyond the feeble censure of the world. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- On the other hand, Galton, after his classical study of mental imagery (1883), stated that scientific men, as a class, have feeble powers of visual representat ion. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- And so, under a short grove of feebler and feebler over-swinging lamps, out under the great grove of stars. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Joe's station and influence were something feebler (if possible) when there was company than when there was none. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- At the sound, the feebler spirit of Emmeline gave way; and, laying hold of Cassy's arm, she said, O, Cassy, I'm going to faint! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- In this way a much feebler current would be able to excite the magnet, and the recorder would mark at a much greater distance. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The feeblest imaginable current suffices to deflect the needle in one direction, which throws back the little beam of light upon it to the graduated front of the scale. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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