feebleness
feebleness · feeblenesses
The quality or state of being feebleThe quality or state of being feeble; debility; infirmity.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The quality or state of being feeble; debility; infirmity.
More definitions
- the quality of lacking intensity or substance
- the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
Origin
From Middle English feblenesse; equivalent to feeble + -ness.From Middle English feblenesse; equivalent to feeble + -ness.
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Forms
plural: feeblenesses| Singular | feebleness |
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Synonyms
6 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedfeeble
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.