NOUN | state | frailty, infirmity, debility, feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism | the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) |
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attribute | frailty, vice | moral weakness |
Sounds | frey'ltiy | |
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Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... |
Meaning | The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age). | |
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Synonyms | infirmity, debility, feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism | |
Narrower | asthenia, astheny | An abnormal loss of strength |
cachexia, cachexy, wasting | Any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease | |
Broader | unfitness, softness | Poor physical condition |
Spanish | debilidad, endeblez, enfermedad, flaqueza | |
Catalan | debilitat, flaquesa, fluixedat, fluixesa |
Meaning | Moral weakness. | |
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Synonym | vice | |
Broader | evil, evilness | The quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice |
Spanish | flaqueza, vicio | |
Catalan | vici |
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