Meaning

4 senses
  1. More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

    You are vulnerable to be bullied by someone at school.

    verletzlich, verwundbar, empfindlich

    уязви́мыйujazvímyj, рани́мыйranímyj

    ура́зливийurázlyvyj, уразли́вийurazlývyj

  2. More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

    Open to disclosing one's inner thoughts and feelings, acting in spite of one's instinct to self-preservation.

    It's okay to get vulnerable every now and again.

  3. More likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses.

    a vulnerable PC with no antivirus software

  4. At moderate risk of extinction though not quite endangered.

    Welsh is merely a vulnerable language, but Irish and Scottish Gaelic are definitely endangered.

More definitions
  • capable of being wounded or hurt
  • susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation
  • susceptible to attack

Examples

179 sentences
  1. We're too vulnerable.

    Ми занадто вразливі.

    ruМы слишком уязвимы.

    deWir sind zu verletzlich.

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  2. I feel vulnerable.

    Я почуваюся вразливим.

    ruЯ чувствую себя уязвимым.

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  3. I felt vulnerable.

    Я почувався уразливим.

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  4. Tom is still vulnerable, isn't he?

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  5. Tom knows that he's vulnerable here.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
exposed to attack:
Русский
By meaning 1
exposed to attack:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
exposed to attack:

Origin

From Late Latin vulnerābilis (“injurious, wounding”), from Latin vulnerō (“to wound”).

From Late Latin vulnerābilis (“injurious, wounding”), from Latin vulnerō (“to wound”).

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Forms

more vulnerable, most vulnerable
Comparativemore vulnerable Lesson
Superlativemost vulnerable Lesson

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms

Antonyms

6 antonyms

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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