What is another word for feeble?
1545 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ fˈiːbə͡l], [ fˈiːbəl], [ f_ˈiː_b_əl]
The word "feeble" can be used to describe something or someone that is weak, fragile, or lacking in strength. However, there are a number of synonyms that can be used in its place to add nuance and variety to your writing. Some possible options include "frail," "fragile," "delicate," "faint," "weak," "sickly," "debilitated," "flimsy," and "wan." Each of these words has its own distinct connotations and shades of meaning, so it's important to choose the right synonym depending on the context in which it is being used. Alternating between these words can help keep your writing fresh and engaging.
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Similar words for feeble:
- corny (adjective)
- dull (adjective)
- effete (adjective)
- enervated (adjective)
- failing (adjective)
- feckless (adjective)
- feeble (adjective)
- helpless (adjective)
- impotent (adjective)
- insubstantial (adjective)
- lost (adjective)
- mild (adjective)
- poor (adjective)
- sickly (adjective)
- simple (adjective)
- slack (adjective)
- unhealthy (adjective)
- unwell (adjective)
- weary (adjective)
- ailing (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- broken (adjective)
- dainty (adjective)
- decrepit (adjective)
- delicate (adjective)
- epicene (adjective)
- faint (adjective)
- flimsy (adjective)
- fragile (adjective)
- frail (adjective)
- gentle (adjective)
- gutless (adjective)
- inadequate (adjective)
- incapable (adjective)
- ineffective (adjective)
- ineffective/ineffectual (adjective)
- inefficacious (adjective)
- inefficient (adjective)
- infirm (adjective)
- insipid (adjective)
- invalid (adjective)
- laid-up (adjective)
- languid (adjective)
- limp (adjective)
- low (adjective)
- mawkish (adjective)
- pale (adjective)
- pallid (adjective)
- pathetic (adjective)
- powerless (adjective)
- puny (adjective)
- rickety (adjective)
- senile (adjective)
- sick (adjective)
- slender (adjective)
- slight (adjective)
- spineless (adjective)
- tame (adjective)
- thin (adjective)
- timid (adjective)
- unfit (adjective)
- unworkmanlike (adjective)
- wan (adjective)
- weak (adjective)
- woeful (adjective)
- dependent
- faint
- helpless
- ill
- incompetent
- noun
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Feeble:
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adj.
• corny • dull • effete • enervated • failing • feckless • feeble • helpless • impotent • insubstantial- too little too late ,
- fly by night ,
- in corporeal ,
- in substantial ,
- in tangible ,
- in-corporeal ,
- in-substantial ,
- in-tangible ,
- meta physical ,
- meta-physical ,
- un-real .
- Frazzled ,
- Wayworn ,
- apathetic ,
- blue ,
- bored ,
- cheerless ,
- depressed ,
- droopy ,
- drowsy ,
- exhausted ,
- fatigued ,
- flaccid ,
- footsore ,
- limp ,
- listless ,
- over-weary ,
- sleepy ,
- tired ,
- toilsome ,
- trying ,
- uphill ,
- wasted ,
- weary ,
- worn-out .
- dis eased ,
- dis-eased ,
- in disposed ,
- in-disposed ,
- more enfeebled ,
- more wasting ,
- most enfeebled ,
- most wasting ,
- sick as dog ,
- under weather .
- gone pieces ,
- gone pot ,
- haywire ,
- in need of repair ,
- in need repair ,
- in operable ,
- in shop ,
- in-operable ,
- kaput ,
- more busted ,
- more inoperable ,
- more shot ,
- more wracked ,
- most busted ,
- most inoperable ,
- most shot ,
- most wracked ,
- on blink ,
- on fritz ,
- on shelf ,
- on the shelf ,
- out ,
- out commission ,
- out kilter ,
- out order ,
- out whack ,
- un satisfactory ,
- un-satisfactory .
- de lightful ,
- de-lightful ,
- graceful ,
- more darling ,
- more recherche ,
- most darling ,
- most recherche ,
- palatable ,
- rarest ,
- re fined ,
- sweeter ,
- sweetest ,
- well made ,
- well-made ,
- wellmade .
- be draggled ,
- be-draggled ,
- brokendown ,
- creakiest ,
- in capacitated ,
- in-capacitated ,
- more anile ,
- more battered ,
- more quavering ,
- more tumble down ,
- more tumble-down ,
- most anile ,
- most battered ,
- most quavering ,
- most tumble down ,
- most tumble-down ,
- most worn out ,
- tumble down ,
- tumble-down ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un soundest ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest ,
- weather beaten .
- fainter ,
- faroff ,
- ill defined ,
- illdefined ,
- in audible ,
- in-audible ,
- low pitched ,
- lowpitched ,
- more aside ,
- more bated ,
- more bleached ,
- more blurred ,
- more deadened ,
- more faltering ,
- more murmuring ,
- more muttering ,
- more piano ,
- more stifled ,
- most aside ,
- most bated ,
- most bleached ,
- most blurred ,
- most deadened ,
- most faltering ,
- most murmuring ,
- most muttering ,
- most piano ,
- most stifled ,
- out earshot ,
- re-mote ,
- soothing ,
- un clear ,
- un clearest ,
- un enthusiastic ,
- un-clear ,
- un-clearest ,
- un-enthusiastic .
- cutrate ,
- house cards ,
- illogical ,
- in conceivable ,
- in credible ,
- in-conceivable ,
- in-credible ,
- lamest ,
- more chiffon ,
- more controvertible ,
- more cut rate ,
- more cut-rate ,
- more cutrate ,
- more papery ,
- more rinkydink ,
- more ungrounded ,
- more unpersuasive ,
- most chiffon ,
- most controvertible ,
- most cut rate ,
- most cut-rate ,
- most cutrate ,
- most papery ,
- most rinkydink ,
- most ungrounded ,
- most unpersuasive ,
- shallow ,
- shallower ,
- trans parent ,
- trans-parent ,
- un believable ,
- un grounded ,
- un persuasive ,
- un reasonable ,
- un substantial ,
- un-believable ,
- un-grounded ,
- un-persuasive ,
- un-reasonable ,
- un-substantial .
- gradual ,
- low toned ,
- lowtoned ,
- more low toned ,
- more low-toned ,
- more lowtoned ,
- most low toned ,
- most low-toned ,
- most lowtoned ,
- peaceful ,
- un troubled ,
- un-troubled .
- chicken hearted ,
- faint hearted ,
- lily livered ,
- lilylivered ,
- more chicken ,
- more chicken hearted ,
- more chicken-hearted ,
- more coward ,
- more faint hearted ,
- more faint-hearted ,
- more yellow bellied ,
- more yellow-bellied ,
- more yellowbellied ,
- most chicken ,
- most chicken hearted ,
- most chicken-hearted ,
- most coward ,
- most faint hearted ,
- most faint-hearted ,
- most yellow bellied ,
- most yellow-bellied ,
- most yellowbellied ,
- sub missive ,
- yellow bellied ,
- yellowbellied .
- bushleague ,
- glitcher ,
- glitchest ,
- in adequate ,
- in appreciable ,
- in apter ,
- in aptest ,
- in commensurate ,
- in complete ,
- in considerable ,
- in-adequate ,
- in-appreciable ,
- in-apter ,
- in-aptest ,
- in-commensurate ,
- in-complete ,
- in-considerable ,
- incomplete ,
- inconsiderable ,
- junker ,
- junkest ,
- lemon ,
- minus ,
- more lemon ,
- more niggardly ,
- more stinted ,
- most lemon ,
- most niggardly ,
- most stinted ,
- too little ,
- un equal ,
- un qualified ,
- un-equal ,
- un-qualified .
- dis qualified ,
- dis-qualified ,
- in capable ,
- in eligible ,
- in experienced ,
- in proficient ,
- in-capable ,
- in-eligible ,
- in-experienced ,
- in-proficient ,
- losing ,
- more butterfingers ,
- more disqualified ,
- more inproficient ,
- more uncool ,
- more unequipped ,
- most butterfingers ,
- most disqualified ,
- most inproficient ,
- most uncool ,
- most unequipped ,
- not to ,
- un cool ,
- un equipped ,
- un skilled ,
- un skillful ,
- un suited ,
- un-cool ,
- un-equipped ,
- un-skilled ,
- un-skillful ,
- un-suited .
- in effective ,
- in-effective ,
- more emasculate ,
- more slack spined ,
- more slack-spined ,
- more slackspined ,
- most emasculate ,
- most slack spined ,
- most slack-spined ,
- most slackspined ,
- slack spined ,
- slack-spined ,
- slackspined ,
- un available ,
- un-available .
- anti climactic ,
- anti-climactic ,
- de feasible ,
- de-feasible ,
- in decisive ,
- in effectual ,
- in nocuous ,
- in operative ,
- in vertebrate ,
- in-decisive ,
- in-effectual ,
- in-nocuous ,
- in-operative ,
- in-vertebrate ,
- more anticlimactic ,
- more defeasible ,
- more ineffective ,
- more invertebrate ,
- more neutralized ,
- most anticlimactic ,
- most defeasible ,
- most invertebrate ,
- most neutralized ,
- null and void ,
- null void ,
- un profitable ,
- un-profitable .
- cant hack it ,
- dis organized ,
- dis-organized ,
- half baked ,
- halfbaked ,
- improficient ,
- in efficient ,
- in-efficient ,
- more improficient ,
- most improficient ,
- slovenly ,
- un prepared ,
- un trained ,
- un-prepared ,
- un-trained .
- in firmer ,
- in firmest ,
- in secure ,
- in securer ,
- in securest ,
- in-firm ,
- in-firmer ,
- in-firmest ,
- in-secure ,
- in-securer ,
- in-securest ,
- more sensile ,
- most sensile ,
- un stable ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un-stable ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest .
- in sipid ,
- in-sipid ,
- more characterless ,
- more driveling ,
- more ho hum ,
- more ho-hum ,
- more hohum ,
- more nebbish ,
- more nothing ,
- most characterless ,
- most driveling ,
- most ho hum ,
- most ho-hum ,
- most hohum ,
- most nebbish ,
- most nothing ,
- prosier ,
- prosiest ,
- un imaginative ,
- un-imaginative .
- blahser ,
- blahsest ,
- in different ,
- in-active ,
- in-different ,
- laidback ,
- more energyless ,
- more pining ,
- more sleepyhead ,
- most energyless ,
- most pining ,
- most sleepyhead ,
- snoozier ,
- snooziest ,
- un concerned ,
- un hurried ,
- un interested ,
- un-concerned ,
- un-hurried ,
- un-interested ,
- uninterested .
- loveydovey ,
- more cloying ,
- more lovey dovey ,
- more lovey-dovey ,
- more loveydovey ,
- most lovey dovey ,
- most lovey-dovey ,
- most loveydovey ,
- schmaltzy ,
- tear jerking ,
- tearjerking .
- dis enfranchised ,
- dis-enfranchised ,
- more disenfranchised ,
- more etiolated ,
- most disenfranchised ,
- most etiolated ,
- un armed ,
- un-armed ,
- wimp ,
- wimper ,
- wimpest .
- half pint ,
- halfpint ,
- in consequential ,
- in-consequential ,
- more half pint ,
- more half-pint ,
- more halfpint ,
- more peanut ,
- more peewee ,
- more pint sized ,
- more pint-sized ,
- more small fry ,
- more small-fry ,
- more smallfry ,
- more unconsequential ,
- more zero ,
- most half pint ,
- most half-pint ,
- most halfpint ,
- most peanut ,
- most peewee ,
- most pint sized ,
- most pint-sized ,
- most small fry ,
- most small-fry ,
- most smallfry ,
- most unconsequential ,
- most zero ,
- pint sized ,
- runter ,
- runtest ,
- shrimpest ,
- smallfry ,
- two bit ,
- twobit ,
- un consequential ,
- un-consequential ,
- un-developed ,
- under sized ,
- zilcher ,
- zilchest .
- de relict ,
- de-relict ,
- jerry built ,
- jerrybuilt ,
- more rachitic ,
- most rachitic ,
- pre carious ,
- pre-carious ,
- un steadier ,
- un steadiest ,
- un steady ,
- un-steadier ,
- un-steadiest .
- dis ordered ,
- dis-ordered ,
- in bad way ,
- in curable ,
- in-curable ,
- more hospitalized ,
- more infected ,
- more qualmish ,
- more suffering ,
- most hospitalized ,
- most infected ,
- most qualmish ,
- most suffering ,
- sickest ,
- under medication .
- more attenuate ,
- more broomstick ,
- more shadow ,
- more skeleton ,
- most attenuate ,
- most broomstick ,
- most shadow ,
- most skeleton ,
- out side ,
- reedier ,
- reediest ,
- stickest ,
- un essential ,
- un-essential ,
- un-important .
- more amoebalike ,
- more pithless ,
- more weak kneed ,
- more weak-kneed ,
- more weakkneed ,
- most amoebalike ,
- most pithless ,
- most weak kneed ,
- most weak-kneed ,
- most weakkneed ,
- weak kneed ,
- weak willed ,
- weakkneed ,
- weakwilled .
- boiled down ,
- half hearted ,
- more uninspiring ,
- more white bread ,
- more white-bread ,
- more whitebread ,
- most diluted ,
- most uninspiring ,
- most white bread ,
- most white-bread ,
- most whitebread ,
- un exciting ,
- un inspiring ,
- un-exciting ,
- un-inspiring .
- co wed ,
- co-wed ,
- de mure ,
- de-mure ,
- having cold feet ,
- more badgered ,
- more browbeaten ,
- more bullied ,
- more cowed ,
- more cowering ,
- more daunted ,
- more milquetoast ,
- more trembling ,
- more unassertive ,
- more unassured ,
- most badgered ,
- most browbeaten ,
- most bullied ,
- most cowed ,
- most cowering ,
- most daunted ,
- most milquetoast ,
- most trembling ,
- most unassured ,
- re tiring ,
- re-tiring ,
- un assertive ,
- un assured ,
- un-assertive ,
- un-assured .
- Unmeet ,
- butter fingered ,
- can't make grade ,
- cant make grade ,
- cant make the grade ,
- heavy handed ,
- heavyhanded ,
- ill adapted ,
- ill equipped ,
- ill suited ,
- illadapted ,
- illequipped ,
- illsuited ,
- in applicable ,
- in appropriate ,
- in compatible ,
- in congruous ,
- in correct ,
- in expedient ,
- in felicitous ,
- in harmonious ,
- in-applicable ,
- in-appropriate ,
- in-compatible ,
- in-congruous ,
- in-expedient ,
- in-felicitous ,
- in-harmonious ,
- mis taken ,
- more blundering ,
- more butter fingered ,
- more butter-fingered ,
- more butterfingered ,
- more ill adapted ,
- more ill equipped ,
- more ill-adapted ,
- more ill-equipped ,
- more illadapted ,
- more illequipped ,
- more unfitted ,
- more unproficient ,
- more unpromising ,
- most blundering ,
- most butter fingered ,
- most butter-fingered ,
- most butterfingered ,
- most ill adapted ,
- most ill equipped ,
- most ill-adapted ,
- most ill-equipped ,
- most illadapted ,
- most illequipped ,
- most unfitted ,
- most unproficient ,
- most unpromising ,
- out element ,
- out of element ,
- out place ,
- un apter ,
- un aptest ,
- un becoming ,
- un congenial ,
- un fit ,
- un fitted ,
- un handier ,
- un handiest ,
- un handy ,
- un likelier ,
- un likeliest ,
- un likely ,
- un meet ,
- un meeter ,
- un meetest ,
- un practiced ,
- un proficient ,
- un promising ,
- un suitable ,
- un-apter ,
- un-aptest ,
- un-becoming ,
- un-congenial ,
- un-fit ,
- un-fitted ,
- un-handier ,
- un-handy ,
- un-likelier ,
- un-likely ,
- un-meet ,
- un-meeter ,
- un-meetest ,
- un-practiced ,
- un-proficient ,
- un-promising ,
- un-suitable ,
- unhandier ,
- unhandiest ,
- unmeeter ,
- unmeetest ,
- unpracticed .
Other synonyms:
- blurred ,
- chinless ,
- craven ,
- dainty ,
- defenseless ,
- drippy ,
- failing ,
- faintly ,
- gutless ,
- imperceptible ,
- inconspicuous ,
- indefinite ,
- indiscernible ,
- indistinct ,
- ineffective ,
- lily-livered ,
- low-resolution ,
- namby-pamby ,
- pusillanimous ,
- timorous ,
- undetected ,
- unfocused ,
- unnoticed ,
- unobserved ,
- unseen .
- attenuated ,
- cowardly ,
- etiolated ,
- pale ,
- pathetic ,
- puny ,
- silent ,
- spineless ,
- tenuous ,
- thin ,
- unheard ,
- unsound ,
- valiant ,
- vulnerable .
- insubstantial ,
- invisible ,
- misty ,
- poor ,
- sneak ,
- subtle ,
- tame ,
- trick ,
- unsubstantial .
- chicken .
- blind .
Other relevant words:
- Delicateness ,
- Etiolation ,
- Infirmness ,
- Sickliness ,
- attribute ,
- cowardice ,
- debility ,
- decrepitude ,
- delicacy ,
- effeteness ,
- enervation ,
- exhaustion ,
- fear ,
- fearfulness ,
- feature ,
- feebleness ,
- flimsiness ,
- fragility ,
- frailness ,
- frailty ,
- inability ,
- inadequacy ,
- incapacity ,
- incompetence ,
- ineffectiveness ,
- ineffectuality ,
- ineffectualness ,
- infirmity ,
- insignificance ,
- insufficiency ,
- lameness ,
- languor ,
- lassitude ,
- malaise ,
- meagerness ,
- quality ,
- senility ,
- shakiness ,
- spinelessness ,
- thinness ,
- trait ,
- unhealthiness ,
- weakness .
- low .
- lost .
- sick .
- Bleared ,
- Chicken-hearted ,
- Crumbling ,
- Debile ,
- Disintegrating ,
- Doddered ,
- Effet ,
- Fainting ,
- Faintish ,
- Feeble-minded ,
- Half-heard ,
- Half-hearted ,
- Hamstrung ,
- Handcuffed ,
- Healthless ,
- Impuissant ,
- Languishing ,
- Lustless ,
- Marrowless ,
- Murmured ,
- Peakish ,
- Phthisic ,
- Pithless ,
- Pooped ,
- Proposing ,
- Prostrated ,
- Reeling ,
- Sapped ,
- Sinewless ,
- Soft-voiced ,
- Strengthless ,
- Unsustained ,
- Valetudinary ,
- Waterish ,
- Weak-minded ,
- Whey-faced ,
- ability ,
- abort ,
- abulic ,
- accessible ,
- adynamic ,
- afraid ,
- aged ,
- almost inaudible ,
- anaemic ,
- ancient ,
- anile ,
- approximately ,
- arthritic ,
- ashen ,
- asthenic ,
- average ,
- awfully ,
- awkward ,
- backward ,
- bad ,
- badly ,
- bald ,
- barely audible ,
- bedfast ,
- bedrid ,
- bedridden ,
- bewilder ,
- bland ,
- blear ,
- bleary ,
- blemish ,
- bloodless ,
- blurry ,
- breakable ,
- brittle ,
- broken-down ,
- but for ,
- cachectic ,
- carelessly ,
- cease ,
- chain ,
- clumsy ,
- coarsely ,
- cold ,
- collection ,
- colorless ,
- commonly ,
- compliant ,
- complicate ,
- confuse ,
- confused ,
- consumptive ,
- cool ,
- coolheaded ,
- corny ,
- course ,
- coward ,
- crabbed ,
- creaky ,
- crippled ,
- critically ,
- crummy ,
- customarily ,
- dark ,
- dastardly ,
- deaden ,
- debilitate ,
- debilitating ,
- debilitation ,
- decayed ,
- declining ,
- decrescendo ,
- defect ,
- defective ,
- deficiency ,
- dejectedly ,
- delicate ,
- dependent ,
- depress ,
- derelict ,
- diaphanous ,
- die ,
- dilapidated ,
- dilute ,
- dim ,
- dim-witted ,
- disappoint ,
- disappointing ,
- diseased ,
- distant ,
- dizzy ,
- doddery ,
- dodger ,
- dopey ,
- doubtful ,
- down-and-out ,
- drained ,
- drawn ,
- drooping ,
- dry ,
- dubious ,
- dull ,
- dwarf ,
- effeminate ,
- effete ,
- elderly ,
- emaciated ,
- emasculated ,
- embarrass ,
- empty ,
- enervate ,
- enervated ,
- enfeeble ,
- enfeebled ,
- enmesh ,
- entangle ,
- epicene ,
- fade ,
- faded ,
- fading away ,
- fail ,
- faint-hearted ,
- fainthearted ,
- faintness ,
- fall ,
- fallible ,
- falling apart ,
- falling down ,
- faltering ,
- fault ,
- faulty ,
- feckless ,
- feebleminded ,
- filmy ,
- fine ,
- flabbiness ,
- flabby ,
- flaccidity ,
- flag ,
- flat ,
- flaw ,
- flea-bitten ,
- flickering ,
- floppy ,
- foggy ,
- foible ,
- foolish ,
- forceless ,
- fossilized ,
- frangible ,
- frequently ,
- frigid ,
- fruitless ,
- gaga ,
- game ,
- gaunt ,
- generally ,
- gentle ,
- gerontal ,
- gerontic ,
- gimcrack ,
- gimpy ,
- gone ,
- gossamer ,
- groggy ,
- habitually ,
- haggard ,
- half-baked ,
- half-witted ,
- halt ,
- halting ,
- hand ,
- hardly ,
- hazy ,
- hokey ,
- hollow ,
- hollow-eyed ,
- hushed ,
- if not ,
- ill ,
- ill-defined ,
- imbecile ,
- impair ,
- imperfect ,
- imperfection ,
- implausible ,
- in bad shape ,
- in delicate condition ,
- in delicate health ,
- in poor condition ,
- in poor health ,
- inadequately ,
- inaudible ,
- incapacitated ,
- inconclusive ,
- indecisive ,
- indigent ,
- indisposed ,
- indistinguishable ,
- ineffectual ,
- inefficacious ,
- inefficient ,
- infectious ,
- inferior ,
- insecure ,
- insignificant ,
- insipid ,
- insufficient ,
- invalid ,
- invertebrate ,
- involve ,
- irresolute ,
- jejune ,
- jerry-built ,
- lackadaisical ,
- laid up ,
- lame ,
- languid ,
- languish ,
- languorous ,
- lax ,
- lean ,
- let go ,
- lifeless ,
- light ,
- light-headed ,
- lightheaded ,
- limber ,
- limited ,
- little ,
- loose ,
- low-profile ,
- lukewarm ,
- lymphatic ,
- makeshift ,
- mawkish ,
- meager ,
- meagre ,
- meanly ,
- measly ,
- meek ,
- micro ,
- midget ,
- mild ,
- monotonous ,
- moribund ,
- moronic ,
- mossbacked ,
- moth-eaten ,
- muffled ,
- muted ,
- muzzy ,
- narrow ,
- nebulous ,
- negligible ,
- nerveless ,
- nervous ,
- non-physical ,
- normally ,
- obscure ,
- old ,
- ordinarily ,
- out of focus ,
- out of gas ,
- out of shape ,
- paleness ,
- pallid ,
- pallor ,
- palsied ,
- paltry ,
- pampered ,
- paralysed ,
- paraplegic ,
- pasty ,
- peaked ,
- peaky ,
- petty ,
- pianissimo ,
- piano ,
- piddling ,
- pinched ,
- pitiful ,
- pitifully ,
- pliable ,
- pliant ,
- poorly ,
- precarious ,
- prosaic ,
- prostrate ,
- prosy ,
- purposeless ,
- pygmy ,
- quaking ,
- quavering ,
- quivering ,
- rachitic ,
- ramshackle ,
- rank ,
- rather ,
- reduce ,
- reduced ,
- reduced in health ,
- reedy ,
- relaxed ,
- remote ,
- rheumatic ,
- rheumatoid ,
- rotten ,
- roughly ,
- rubbery ,
- rusty ,
- sallow ,
- sapless ,
- scantily ,
- scanty ,
- scrawny ,
- seedy ,
- senescent ,
- senile ,
- sensitive ,
- series ,
- set free ,
- severely ,
- shadowy ,
- shaking ,
- shaky ,
- shambling ,
- shoddy ,
- shriveled ,
- shrivelled ,
- simple ,
- simpleminded ,
- sissified ,
- sissy ,
- sketchy ,
- skimp ,
- skinny ,
- slack ,
- slender ,
- slenderly ,
- slight ,
- slightly ,
- slim ,
- slimly ,
- slow ,
- slow-witted ,
- small ,
- soft in the head ,
- soften ,
- softened ,
- sorry ,
- spavined ,
- spent ,
- spiritless ,
- staggering ,
- sterile ,
- stifled ,
- stricken in years ,
- string ,
- stunted ,
- subdued ,
- submissive ,
- suboptimal ,
- substandard ,
- superannuated ,
- suppressed ,
- swooning ,
- tender ,
- tepid ,
- thoughtlessly ,
- timeworn ,
- timid ,
- tottering ,
- tottery ,
- tractable ,
- trashy ,
- trembling ,
- trembly ,
- trifling ,
- trivial ,
- unaccented ,
- unassertive ,
- unavailing ,
- unbelievable ,
- uncertain ,
- unclear ,
- unconvincing ,
- undefined ,
- under control ,
- under thumb ,
- underdeveloped ,
- underfed ,
- undernourished ,
- undersized ,
- undistinguished ,
- unemotional ,
- unenthusiastic ,
- unforceful ,
- unhardened ,
- unhealthy ,
- unimpressive ,
- uninspired ,
- unlikely ,
- unmanful ,
- unmanly ,
- unmanned ,
- unnerved ,
- unpersuasive ,
- unproved ,
- unrecognizable ,
- unsatisfactory ,
- unstable ,
- unsteady ,
- unstrung ,
- unvaried ,
- unwell ,
- unwholesome ,
- unwise ,
- unworkmanlike ,
- usually ,
- vacillating ,
- vague ,
- vain ,
- valetudinarian ,
- vapid ,
- violently ,
- vitiated ,
- wakeful ,
- wan ,
- want ,
- washy ,
- wasting away ,
- watery ,
- wavering ,
- waxen ,
- weak-kneed ,
- weak-willed ,
- weaken ,
- weakened ,
- weakling ,
- weakly ,
- wearied ,
- weedy ,
- wet ,
- whispered ,
- white-livered ,
- wimpish ,
- wimpy ,
- wishy-washy ,
- wispy ,
- withered ,
- wizened ,
- wobbling ,
- wobbly ,
- woebegone ,
- woeful ,
- wonky ,
- woozy ,
- worn ,
- worse ,
- worthlessly ,
- zero .
- Butter-fingered ,
- Commiserable ,
- Controvertible ,
- Qualmish ,
- Shattery ,
- Unconsequential ,
- Unhandy ,
- ailing ,
- amoebalike ,
- anemic ,
- anguished ,
- anticlimactic ,
- blahs ,
- broken ,
- broken down ,
- broomstick ,
- butterfingered ,
- can't hack it ,
- can't make the grade ,
- characterless ,
- chiffon ,
- coming unstuck ,
- creakier ,
- cut rate ,
- cut-rate ,
- debilitated ,
- decrepit ,
- defeasible ,
- disenfranchised ,
- doughier ,
- doughy ,
- down with ,
- energyless ,
- faint ,
- fallen apart ,
- far off ,
- feeling awful ,
- flimsy ,
- found wanting ,
- fracturable ,
- frail ,
- gone to pieces ,
- gone to pot ,
- gracile ,
- half-pint ,
- ho hum ,
- ho-hum ,
- hohum ,
- hospitalized ,
- house of cards ,
- ill-adapted ,
- ill-equipped ,
- in a bad way ,
- in disrepair ,
- in firm ,
- in second childhood ,
- in the shop ,
- inadequate ,
- infirm ,
- inoperable ,
- inproficient ,
- laid back ,
- laid low ,
- laid-up ,
- lithesome ,
- lovey dovey ,
- lovey-dovey ,
- low-toned ,
- niggardly ,
- no go ,
- no good ,
- no way ,
- not cut out for ,
- not effective ,
- not enough ,
- not equal to ,
- not fit ,
- not functioning ,
- not so hot ,
- not up to ,
- on sick list ,
- on the sick list ,
- out of action ,
- out of earshot ,
- out of kilter ,
- out of place ,
- out of whack ,
- papery ,
- peewee ,
- pint-sized ,
- powerless ,
- recherche ,
- rinkydink ,
- sensile ,
- shatterable ,
- shooting blanks ,
- shrimp ,
- shrimper ,
- sick as a dog ,
- sickly ,
- sleepyhead ,
- small fry ,
- small time ,
- small-fry ,
- snoozy ,
- sticker ,
- unassured ,
- uncool ,
- under-sized ,
- unequipped ,
- unfitted ,
- ungrounded ,
- uninspiring ,
- unproficient ,
- unpromising ,
- weak ,
- weatherbeaten ,
- white bread ,
- white-bread ,
- whitebread ,
- whitish ,
- without punch ,
- wornout ,
- yellow-bellied .
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How to use "Feeble" in context?
When it comes to the English language, there are a few words that are considered to be weak or feeble. Weakness is often seen as a negative characteristic, but there is a legitimate use for the term. In reference to strength, a feeble person would be someone who is unable to complete a task or tolerate a challenge. This is in contrast to strong, which is a term that is often associated with power and dominance. Weakness can also have a positive connotation, as it can indicate someone who is not physically or mentally capable of doing something. When used in a sentence, a feeble person might be described as 'feeble minded'.
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Adjective
brittle, faint, flawed, helpless, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficient, insufficient, lacklustre, lax, lean, little, loose, low, meager, meagre, paltry, powerless, shaky, slack, slight, slim, sluggish, soft, spineless, timid, unsatisfactory, weakened.
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flimsy, fragile, ill, inadequate, insubstantial, poor, small, tenuous, unconvincing, vulnerable, Half-hearted.
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Homophones for Feeble:
- flyway, folio, fipple, fall away, flail, fly, felloe, fell, flee, falla, fool, fallal, follow, fuel, felly, Fal La, fall, fool away, file away, folie, fl, flaw, foal, flyaway, flow away, filly, feel, file, flu, fail, fill, foully, foil, fibula, fulah, floe, fella, full, fula, faille, flow, flay, flywheel, fuel oil, fully, fable, fellah, Ful, flue, fallow, folly, fellow, Fa La, filial, flea, foul, foible, fowl, fille.
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turned-up
- Synonyms:
- dumpy, retrousse, blocky, chubby, podgy, pudgy, pug, retrousse, snub-nosed, squatty.
