English > infirmity: 1 sense > noun 1, stateMeaning | The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age). |
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Synonyms | frailty, debility, feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism |
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Narrower | asthenia, astheny | An abnormal loss of strength |
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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 |
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Spanish | debilidad, endeblez, enfermedad, flaqueza |
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Catalan | debilitat, flaquesa, fluixedat, fluixesa |
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Adjectives | infirm | lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality |
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