| ADJECTIVE | all | frail | physically weak |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | frail, fallible, imperfect, weak | wanting in moral strength, courage, or will | |
| all | frail, delicate, fragile | easily broken or damaged or destroyed | |
| NOUN | quantity | frail | the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs |
| artifact | frail | a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs) |
| Sounds | frey'l | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ail ... Yale: 95 rhymes with eyl... | |
| Meaning | physically weak. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "an invalid's frail body" | |
| Narrower | decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly | lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality |
| light-boned | Having a bone structure that is light with respect to the surrounding flesh | |
| See also | delicate | exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing |
| unhealthy | not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind | |
| weak | Wanting in physical strength | |
| Opposite | robust | Sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction |
| Spanish | frágil | |
| Nouns | frailness | the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) |
| Meaning | Wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings. | |
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| Example | "frail humanity" | |
| Synonyms | fallible, imperfect, weak | |
| Broader | human | Having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings |
| Spanish | débil, falible, frágil, imperfecto | |
| Catalan | dèbil, fal·lible, frágil, imperfecte | |
| Meaning | easily broken or damaged or destroyed. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a frail craft" | |
| Synonyms | delicate, fragile | |
| Broader | breakable | capable of being broken or damaged |
| Spanish | delicado, frágil, quebradizo | |
| Catalan | delicat, fràgil, trencadís | |
| Meaning | The weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | weight unit, weight | A unit used to measure weight |
| Meaning | A basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs). | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | basket, handbasket | A container that is usually woven and has handles |
| Spanish | canastilla, canastillo, cesta | |
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