feeble

Adjective
Synonyms: lamefaintdecrepitdebileinfirmricketysaplessweakweaklynerveless

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (4)

  1. pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness“a feeble excuse”“a lame argument”Synonyms: lame
  2. lacking strength or vigor“damning with faint praise”“faint resistance”“feeble efforts”“a feeble voice”Synonyms: faint
  3. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality“a feeble old woman”“her body looked sapless”Synonyms: decrepitdebileinfirmricketysaplessweakweakly
  4. lacking strength“a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude — Nathaniel Hawthorne”Synonyms: nerveless
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Feeble \Fee"ble\ (f[=e]"b'l), a. [Compar. Feebler (-bl[~e]r); superl. Feeblest (-bl[e^]st).] [OE. feble, OF. feble, flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf. Foible.]

1.Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated. [1913 Webster]

Carried all the feeble of them upon asses.— 2 Chron. xxviii. 15.[1913 Webster]

2.Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. "A lady's feeble voice." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Feeble \Fee"ble\, v. t. To make feble; to enfeeble. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Shall that victorious hand be feebled here? --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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