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[ fee -buh l ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈfi bəl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective, fee·bler, fee·blest. physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
weak intellectually or morally: a feeble mind.
lacking in volume, loudness, brightness, distinctness, etc.: a feeble voice; feeble light.
lacking in force, strength, or effectiveness: feeble resistance; feeble arguments.
Origin of feeble First recorded in 1125–75; Middle English feble, from Old French, variant of fleible (by dissimilation), from Latin flēbilis “lamentable,” equivalent to flēre “to weep” + -bilis -ble
synonym study for feeble 1 . See weak.
OTHER WORDS FROM feeble fee·ble·ness, noun feeblish, adjective feebly, adverb non·fee·ble, adjective
non·fee·ble·ness, noun non·fee·b·ly, adverb un·fee·ble, adjective un·fee·ble·ness, noun un·fee·b·ly, adverb
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Words nearby feeble Fed. Res. Bk., fed to the gills, fed up, fee, feeb, feeble , feeble-minded, feed, Feed a cold; starve a fever, feedback, feedback inhibition
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Example sentences from the Web for feeble That appears, at best, to be feeble , at worst to have atrophied altogether.
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There were electric lamps in the ceiling, but the light was feeble and the power intermittent.
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And yet there was one gleam of hope, feeble as the yellow flicker of the gas-lamp across the way.
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It was true she had given trouble, but she was old, feeble , and ailing.
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Yet this objection, as frequent as feeble , must be more specifically answered.
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British Dictionary definitions for feeble adjective lacking in physical or mental strength; frail; weak
inadequate; unconvincing feeble excuses
easily influenced or indecisive
Derived forms of feeble feebleness , noun feebly , adverb Word Origin for feeble C12: from Old French feble, fleible, from Latin flēbilis to be lamented, from flēre to weep
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