feeble 音标拼音: [f'ibəl]
a . 微弱的,衰弱的,无效的
微弱的,衰弱的,无效的
feeble adj 1 :
pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness ; "
a feeble excuse "; "
a lame argument " [
synonym : {
feeble }, {
lame }]
2 :
lacking strength or vigor ; "
damning with faint praise ";
"
faint resistance "; "
feeble efforts "; "
a feeble voice " [
synonym :
{
faint }, {
feeble }]
3 :
lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality ; "
a feeble old woman "; "
her body looked sapless " [
synonym : {
decrepit },
{
debile }, {
feeble }, {
infirm }, {
rickety }, {
sapless }, {
weak },
{
weakly }]
4 :
lacking strength ; "
a weak ,
nerveless fool ,
devoid of energy and promptitude "-
Nathaniel Hawthorne [
synonym : {
feeble },
{
nerveless }]
Feeble \
Fee "
ble \ (
f [=
e ]"
b '
l ),
a . [
Compar . {
Feebler } (-
bl [~
e ]
r );
superl . {
Feeblest } (-
bl [
e ^]
st ).] [
OE .
feble ,
OF .
feble ,
flebe ,
floibe ,
floible ,
foible ,
F .
faible ,
L .
flebilis to be wept over ,
lamentable ,
wretched ,
fr .
flere to weep .
Cf .
{
Foible }.]
1 .
Deficient in physical strength ;
weak ;
infirm ;
debilitated .
[
1913 Webster ]
Carried all the feeble of them upon asses . --
2 Chron .
xxviii .
15 .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Wanting force ,
vigor ,
or efficiency in action or expression ;
not full ,
loud ,
bright ,
strong ,
rapid ,
etc .;
faint ;
as ,
a feeble color ;
feeble motion . "
A lady '
s feeble voice ." --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
Feeble \
Fee "
ble \,
v .
t .
To make feble ;
to enfeeble . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Shall that victorious hand be feebled here ? --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
201 Moby Thesaurus words for "
feeble ":
abulic ,
afraid ,
aged ,
ailing ,
anemic ,
anile ,
asthenic ,
backward ,
barely audible ,
blear ,
bleared ,
bleary ,
bloodless ,
blurred ,
blurry ,
cachectic ,
chicken ,
confused ,
cowardly ,
crabbed ,
dark ,
debilitated ,
decrepit ,
decrescendo ,
delicate ,
dim ,
dim -
witted ,
distant ,
dizzy ,
doddered ,
doddering ,
doddery ,
drained ,
drooping ,
droopy ,
dull ,
effete ,
emasculated ,
enervated ,
enfeebled ,
etiolated ,
exhausted ,
failing ,
faint ,
faint -
voiced ,
fainthearted ,
faintish ,
feckless ,
feebleminded ,
filmy ,
flabby ,
flaccid ,
flimsy ,
floppy ,
foggy ,
forceless ,
fossilized ,
fragile ,
frail ,
fuzzy ,
gentle ,
gerontal ,
gerontic ,
gone ,
gutless ,
half -
baked ,
half -
heard ,
half -
seen ,
half -
visible ,
half -
witted ,
hazy ,
healthless ,
helpless ,
ill -
defined ,
imbecile ,
imperceptible ,
impotent ,
impuissant ,
in poor health ,
inadequate ,
inconclusive ,
inconspicuous ,
indefinite ,
indistinct ,
indistinguishable ,
ineffective ,
ineffectual ,
infirm ,
insignificant ,
insubstantial ,
insufficient ,
invalid ,
invertebrate ,
lame ,
languid ,
languishing ,
languorous ,
limber ,
limp ,
listless ,
low ,
low -
profile ,
lustless ,
marrowless ,
merely glimpsed ,
misty ,
moribund ,
moronic ,
mossbacked ,
moth -
eaten ,
mummylike ,
murmured ,
namby -
pamby ,
nerveless ,
obscure ,
out of focus ,
pale ,
palsied ,
paltry ,
papery -
skinned ,
peaked ,
peaky ,
pianissimo ,
piano ,
pithless ,
pliable ,
pooped ,
poor ,
powerless ,
puny ,
ravaged with age ,
reduced ,
reduced in health ,
rickety ,
rubbery ,
run to seed ,
run -
down ,
rusty ,
sapless ,
scarcely heard ,
semivisible ,
senile ,
shadowy ,
shaky ,
shoddy ,
shriveled ,
sickly ,
simpleminded ,
sinewless ,
slack ,
slight ,
slow ,
slow -
witted ,
soft ,
soft -
sounding ,
soft -
voiced ,
spineless ,
spiritless ,
strengthless ,
stricken in years ,
subaudible ,
subdued ,
thin ,
timeworn ,
tottering ,
tottery ,
unavailing ,
uncertain ,
unclear ,
unconvincing ,
undefined ,
unhardened ,
unhealthy ,
unmanned ,
unnerved ,
unplain ,
unproved ,
unrecognizable ,
unrigorous ,
unsatisfactory ,
unsound ,
unstrung ,
unsubstantial ,
unsustained ,
vague ,
valetudinarian ,
valetudinary ,
weak ,
weak -
kneed ,
weak -
minded ,
weak -
voiced ,
weak -
willed ,
weakened ,
weakly ,
wet ,
whispered ,
wishy -
washy ,
with low resistance ,
withered ,
wizened ,
woozy
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