feebleness

fee·ble

F0067200 (fē′bəl)adj. fee·bler, fee·blest 1. a. Lacking bodily strength; weak: too feeble to climb the hill.b. Having little intensity or strength; faint: feeble light; a feeble voice.2. Having little capacity to withstand pressure or strain: the castle's feeble defenses.3. a. Lacking vigor or effectiveness; inadequate: a feeble attempt to apologize.b. Showing little activity: a feeble housing market. See Synonyms at weak.

[Middle English feble, from Old French, from Latin flēbilis, lamentable, from flēre, to weep.]

fee′ble·ness n.fee′bly adv.

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Noun	1.	feebleness - the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)debility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianismunfitness, 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 strengthcachexia, 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 Hawthornetenuityweakness - 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"

feebleness

nounThe condition of being infirm or physically weak:debility, decrepitude, delicacy, delicateness, flimsiness, fragileness, fragility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, insubstantiality, puniness, unsoundness, unsubstantiality, weakliness, weakness.

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debilidaddebolezzagracilità

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noun the condition of being infirm or physically weak

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noun the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)

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noun the quality of lacking intensity or substance

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