feeble

Words with a similar base: feeble

'feeble'

[feeble.s.01] as in: pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness

Examples:
a feeble excuse
a lame argument

'feeble'

[faint.s.03] as in: lacking strength or vigor

Examples:
damning with faint praise
faint resistance
feeble efforts
a feeble voice

'feeble'

[decrepit.s.02] as in: lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

Examples:
a feeble old woman
her body looked sapless

'feeble'

[feeble.s.04] as in: lacking strength; - Nathaniel Hawthorne

Examples:
a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude

Origins

					feeble (English)
└── feble (Middle English (1100-1500))
    ├── feble (Anglo-Norman)
    │   └── flebilis (Latin)
    └── feble (Old French (842-ca. 1400))

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