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adjective
- 1. lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness: "by now, he was too feeble to leave his room" Similar Opposite
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FEEBLE definition: 1. weak and without energy, strength, or power: 2. not effective or good: 3. weak and without…. Learn more.
1. a. : markedly lacking in strength. a feeble old man. b. : indicating weakness. taking only feeble steps. 2. a. : deficient in qualities or resources that indicate vigor, authority, force, or efficiency. a feeble argument. cities are growing uncreative and feeble Jane Jacobs. b. : inadequate, inferior. a feeble excuse. feebleness. ˈfē-bəl-nəs.
If you describe something that someone says as feeble, you mean that it is not very good or convincing. This is a particularly feeble argument. Synonyms: unconvincing, poor, thin, weak More Synonyms of feeble. feebly adverb [ADVERB with verb] I said 'Sorry', very feebly, feeling rather embarrassed.
FEEBLE meaning: 1. weak and without energy, strength, or power: 2. not effective or good: 3. weak and without…. Learn more.
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.
not effective; not showing energy or effort. a feeble argument/excuse/joke. She made a feeble attempt to explain what had happened. Don't be so feeble! Tell her you don't want to go. He told a few feeble jokes. Word Origin. See feeble in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: feeble.
adjective. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality. “a feeble old woman” synonyms: debile, decrepit, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly. frail. physically weak. Pronunciation.
