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FEEBLENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of lacking intensity or substance
Example:
a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice
Synonyms:
feebleness; tenuity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("feebleness" is a kind of...):
weakness (the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain)
Derivation:
feeble (lacking strength or vigor)
feeble (pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
Synonyms:
debility; feebleness; frailness; frailty; infirmity; valetudinarianism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("feebleness" is a kind of...):
softness; unfitness (poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "feebleness"):
asthenia; astheny (an abnormal loss of strength)
cachexia; cachexy; wasting (any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease)
Derivation:
feeble (lacking strength)
feeble (lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality)
