English noun: feebleness | |||
| 1. | feebleness (state) the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) | ||
| Synonyms | debility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | softness, unfitness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | asthenia, astheny, cachexia, cachexy, wasting | ||
| 2. | feebleness (attribute) the quality of lacking intensity or substance | ||
| Samples | A shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice. | ||
| Synonyms | tenuity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | weakness | ||