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Definition of frail in English: frailadjective freɪlˈfreɪ(ə)l 1(of a person) weak and delicate. she looked frail and vulnerable Example sentencesExamples - The 90-year-old widow still kept lots of the old records she used to play at dance clubs all over the area, even after she was too frail to dance herself.
- It can cause infections, especially among elderly or frail people.
- A woman who watched her frail mother lie in agony after she developed bedsores at a private care home has vowed to help prevent elderly and immobile patients from having to endure the same pain.
- For frail people in the community, frequent reviews and adjustments of their care plans are likely to be needed.
- Many private homes have closed, being unable to meet the standards, disrupting the lives of many elderly and very frail people.
- He was desperately frail, too weak to move his limbs but still strong enough to let out that cry which tears at every human heart.
- As a child in Germany he was frail and sickly, and because of this he became obsessed with his body image.
- The frail woman thanked the people who came to meet her and honour her father as well.
- During the day the bus takes vulnerable and frail people on shopping trips and outings.
- We are bombarded with images of elderly people being frail and sickly.
- They will be frail people with lung disease, and most will never know that it was influenza which pushed them off the edge.
- She added that had it been an elderly or frail person who was attacked, the whole situation could have been far worse.
- Now the frail pensioner - who has recently undergone a hip replacement operation - says she doesn't know how she will cope until she collects her next pension.
- Microsurgery and improved chemotherapy have made treatment less risky, and therefore an option for frail patients.
- That would mean each vulnerable member of society, from frail pensioner to neglected child, being given the time and care they needed.
- He was always treated by his parents as the baby of the family and, rather surprisingly, they considered him a sickly and frail child when it appears that this was not the case.
- No one said anything but it was obvious that the whole village was thinking that if those strong healthy people tried and failed what chance could a small frail woman have.
- Certainly given the difficult start he had in life it was indeed a miracle that he was able to achieve so much but, however, he remained a frail person all his life.
- Doctors have been trying to build up the frail boy's strength before any attempts are made to fix his swollen heart - the result of a birth defect.
- Carers often feel stressed and isolated and some have given up their own careers and friends to look after a sick or frail family member, friend or a child with disabilities.
Synonyms infirm, weak, weakened, feeble, enfeebled, debilitated, incapacitated, crippled, wasted delicate, slight, slender, puny ill, ailing, unwell, sickly, poorly, in poor health decrepit, doddering, tottering, shaky informal weedy - 1.1 Easily damaged or broken; weak.
the country's frail economy Example sentencesExamples - To bridge a gap is not to eliminate it; some bridges are robust and reliable but others are frail, brittle, and easily undone by outside circumstances.
- With the numerous difficulties the country is experiencing due to the frail economy, Zambia has depended on such close allies to surmount her difficulties.
- Reviewers and critics frequently refuse to be honest about Australian movies because they believe this will damage the frail home industry.
- All of humanity there, frail and complicated and beautiful.
- Yet at the same time, it is so frail that one small piece of magnet, held nearby, can distort it totally.
- Returning to the comfortable confines and relative tranquillity of his bedroom armed with just a keyboard, rickety drum machine and a guitar Ted started to write frail pop moments.
- The frail economies and volatile politics of some Pacific countries were also a concern for the leaders.
- The country's administrative capabilities and public health services have remained frail and ineffective.
- Markets will continue to wait for war and, in the process, further slow down an already frail economy.
Synonyms fragile, breakable, easily broken, easily damaged, delicate, flimsy, insubstantial unsteady, unstable, rickety, ramshackle informal teetery, jerry-built British informal wonky, dicky, dodgy rare frangible - 1.2archaic Weak in character or morals.
Example sentencesExamples - If you use it then you will likely to be perceived as brave or the opposite of coward or frail.
- People are frail and make stupid mistakes and one kiss in a bar is not the end of the world, especially when she feels so bad about it.
- That's what public relations propaganda is all about - conning frail, vain humans.
Synonyms weak, easily led/tempted, susceptible, impressionable, malleable, vulnerable, defenceless, impotent fallible, errant, erring, flawed, imperfect rare resistless
noun freɪl US dated, informal A woman. Example sentencesExamples - Cosmetic manufacturers will never go out of business because the frails will always want to look like portraits of the women they believe we dream about.
Synonyms lady, girl, member of the fair sex, member of the gentle sex, female
Derivatives adverb Occasionally I came upon a precocious spray of Dutchman's breeches, or wild bleedingheart, hung frailly with delicately transparent shell-like blossoms. Example sentencesExamples - Throughout his triumphs and scandals, and everything in between, he comes across as completely genuine and frailly human.
- That was the question wavering frailly on my mind as I slid down the back of the wall and broke out in uncontrollable sobs.
- Imagine approaching the Earth after a long trip in outer space - at first it's just a little blue orb floating frailly in a pitch-black expanse, but as you approach, you're soon able to make out various features, like a topographical map.
noun Manned missions generally accelerate no faster than 1.2 gravities due to the frailness of their cargo. Example sentencesExamples - To those who met him from at least the 1960s onward, he already appeared a frail individual, but his frailness belied his determination and toughness.
- In such a situation, one may say that hip fracture often is an epiphenomenon that is more related to the extreme frailness of the elderly than to being a real disease.
- Taking a deep breath, he began, the frailness of his voice alarming him.
- Amara studied the woman, her ancient yet wise face, the frailness of her limbs contradicting the underlying strength embedded in them.
Origin Middle English: from Old French fraile, from Latin fragilis (see fragile). fraction from Late Middle English: Medieval mathematicians called numbers that were not whole numbers fractions. The name came from Latin frangere ‘to break’, also the root of fracture, fragile, and fragment (all LME), and ultimately of frail (Middle English). People who struggled to learn about fractions may not be surprised to learn that the word is also linked to fractious (early 18th century), or ‘bad-tempered’.
Rhymes ail, ale, assail, avail, bail, bale, bewail, brail, Braille, chain mail, countervail, curtail, dale, downscale, drail, dwale, entail, exhale, fail, faille, flail, Gael, Gail, gale, Grail, grisaille, hail, hale, impale, jail, kale, mail, male, webmail, nonpareil, outsail, pail, pale, quail, rail, sail, sale, sangrail, scale, shale, snail, stale, swale, tail, tale, they'll, trail, upscale, vail, vale, veil, surveil, wail, wale, whale, Yale Definition of frail in US English: frailadjectiveˈfrā(ə)lˈfreɪ(ə)l 1(of a person) weak and delicate. she looked frail and vulnerable Example sentencesExamples - Now the frail pensioner - who has recently undergone a hip replacement operation - says she doesn't know how she will cope until she collects her next pension.
- It can cause infections, especially among elderly or frail people.
- Doctors have been trying to build up the frail boy's strength before any attempts are made to fix his swollen heart - the result of a birth defect.
- He was always treated by his parents as the baby of the family and, rather surprisingly, they considered him a sickly and frail child when it appears that this was not the case.
- As a child in Germany he was frail and sickly, and because of this he became obsessed with his body image.
- For frail people in the community, frequent reviews and adjustments of their care plans are likely to be needed.
- They will be frail people with lung disease, and most will never know that it was influenza which pushed them off the edge.
- She added that had it been an elderly or frail person who was attacked, the whole situation could have been far worse.
- The frail woman thanked the people who came to meet her and honour her father as well.
- The 90-year-old widow still kept lots of the old records she used to play at dance clubs all over the area, even after she was too frail to dance herself.
- Many private homes have closed, being unable to meet the standards, disrupting the lives of many elderly and very frail people.
- He was desperately frail, too weak to move his limbs but still strong enough to let out that cry which tears at every human heart.
- Microsurgery and improved chemotherapy have made treatment less risky, and therefore an option for frail patients.
- A woman who watched her frail mother lie in agony after she developed bedsores at a private care home has vowed to help prevent elderly and immobile patients from having to endure the same pain.
- We are bombarded with images of elderly people being frail and sickly.
- During the day the bus takes vulnerable and frail people on shopping trips and outings.
- No one said anything but it was obvious that the whole village was thinking that if those strong healthy people tried and failed what chance could a small frail woman have.
- Carers often feel stressed and isolated and some have given up their own careers and friends to look after a sick or frail family member, friend or a child with disabilities.
- That would mean each vulnerable member of society, from frail pensioner to neglected child, being given the time and care they needed.
- Certainly given the difficult start he had in life it was indeed a miracle that he was able to achieve so much but, however, he remained a frail person all his life.
Synonyms infirm, weak, weakened, feeble, enfeebled, debilitated, incapacitated, crippled, wasted - 1.1 Easily damaged or broken; fragile or insubstantial.
the frail Russian economy Example sentencesExamples - With the numerous difficulties the country is experiencing due to the frail economy, Zambia has depended on such close allies to surmount her difficulties.
- All of humanity there, frail and complicated and beautiful.
- To bridge a gap is not to eliminate it; some bridges are robust and reliable but others are frail, brittle, and easily undone by outside circumstances.
- The frail economies and volatile politics of some Pacific countries were also a concern for the leaders.
- Reviewers and critics frequently refuse to be honest about Australian movies because they believe this will damage the frail home industry.
- Markets will continue to wait for war and, in the process, further slow down an already frail economy.
- Yet at the same time, it is so frail that one small piece of magnet, held nearby, can distort it totally.
- The country's administrative capabilities and public health services have remained frail and ineffective.
- Returning to the comfortable confines and relative tranquillity of his bedroom armed with just a keyboard, rickety drum machine and a guitar Ted started to write frail pop moments.
Synonyms fragile, breakable, easily broken, easily damaged, delicate, flimsy, insubstantial - 1.2archaic Weak in character or morals.
Example sentencesExamples - That's what public relations propaganda is all about - conning frail, vain humans.
- If you use it then you will likely to be perceived as brave or the opposite of coward or frail.
- People are frail and make stupid mistakes and one kiss in a bar is not the end of the world, especially when she feels so bad about it.
Synonyms weak, easily led, easily tempted, susceptible, impressionable, malleable, vulnerable, defenceless, impotent
Origin Middle English: from Old French fraile, from Latin fragilis (see fragile). |