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DEBILE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

Example:

her body looked sapless

Synonyms:

debile; decrepit; feeble; infirm; rickety; sapless; weak; weakly

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

frail (physically weak)

Derivation:

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

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