feeble meaning

[ 'fi:bl ] Pronunciation:   "feeble" in a sentence
Adjective: feeble (feebler,feeblest)  feebul
  1. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
    "a feeble excuse"
    - lame, wussy 
  2. Lacking strength or vigour
    "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"
    - faint 
  3. Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
    "a feeble old woman"
    - decrepit, debile, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly 
  4. Lacking strength
    - nerveless

Derived forms: feeblest, feebler

See also: feebleness, feebly, frail, powerless, weak

Encyclopedia: Feeble

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  1. his feeble arm dropped powerless down.
  2. natalie's little display is feeble.
  3. there was a feeble lamp at no great distance.
  4. a feeble body makes a feeble mind.
  5. a feeble body makes a feeble mind.

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