feebleness
31dotage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. senility, feebleness; fondness. See age, endearment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. feebleness, senility, second childhood; see senility . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. second childhood, senility,… …
32fatigue — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. weary, tire, exhaust; jade, fag; bore, irk, wear; weaken, debilitate, overstrain, overtax, overwork. n. tiredness, weariness, exhaustion, lassitude, feebleness; exertion, strain; faintness, labor,… …
33debility — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. incapacity, feebleness, infirmity, disability; see frailty 1 , weakness 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. weakness, infirmity, enfeeblement, handicap, enervation, prostration, languor, frailty, asthenia. ANT.: strength,… …
34decrepitude — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. feebleness, infirmity, dilapidation; see age 2 , decay 1 , weakness 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of being infirm or physically weak: debility, delicacy, delicateness, feebleness, flimsiness, fragileness …
35frailty — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Quality of being weak] Syn. fragility, weakness, debility, delicacy, infirmity, feebleness, decrepitude, daintiness, puniness, slightness, frangibility, susceptibility, brittleness, softness, flaccidity, unsubstantiality,… …
36imbecility — (n.) early 15c., physical weakness, feebleness (of a body part), impotence, from M.Fr. imbécillité and directly from L. imbecillitatem (nom. imbecillitas) weakness, feebleness, from imbecillus weak, feeble, traditionally said to mean unsupported… …
37weakness — noun 1) with old age came weakness Syn: frailty, feebleness, enfeeblement, fragility, delicacy; infirmity, sickness, sickliness, debility, incapacity, impotence, indisposition, decrepitude, vulnerability 2) he has worked on his weak …
38frailness — noun the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) • Syn: ↑infirmity, ↑frailty, ↑debility, ↑feebleness, ↑valetudinarianism • Derivationally related forms: ↑frail, ↑feeble ( …
39infirmity — noun the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑frailty, ↑debility, ↑feebleness, ↑frailness, ↑valetudinarianism • Derivationally related forms: ↑frail …
40valetudinarianism — noun the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) • Syn: ↑infirmity, ↑frailty, ↑debility, ↑feebleness, ↑frailness • Derivationally related forms: ↑frail (for: ↑ …
