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frailness
frail 1 F0292600 (frāl)adj. frail·er, frail·est 1. Physically weak or delicate: an invalid's frail body; in frail health. See Synonyms at weak.2. Easily broken or destroyed; fragile: a flower with a frail stem.3. Not strong or substantial; slight: a frail voice; evidence too frail to stand up in court.4. Easily led astray; morally weak.
[Middle English frele, from Old French, from Latin fragilis, from frangere, frag-, to break; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]
frail′ly adv.frail′ness n.
frail 2 F0292600 (frāl)n.1. A rush basket for holding fruit, especially dried fruit.2. The quantity of fruit, such as raisins or figs, that such a basket can hold.
[Middle English fraiel, from Old French.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | frailness - the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)debility, feebleness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianismunfitness, softness - poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)asthenia, astheny - an abnormal loss of strengthcachexia, cachexy, wasting - any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease |
frailnessnounThe condition of being infirm or physically weak:debility, decrepitude, delicacy, delicateness, feebleness, flimsiness, fragileness, fragility, frailty, infirmity, insubstantiality, puniness, unsoundness, unsubstantiality, weakliness, weakness.EncyclopediaSeefrailfrailness
Synonyms for frailnessnoun the condition of being infirm or physically weakSynonyms- debility
- decrepitude
- delicacy
- delicateness
- feebleness
- flimsiness
- fragileness
- fragility
- frailty
- infirmity
- insubstantiality
- puniness
- unsoundness
- unsubstantiality
- weakliness
- weakness
Synonyms for frailnessnoun the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)Synonyms- debility
- feebleness
- frailty
- infirmity
- valetudinarianism
Related Words- unfitness
- softness
- asthenia
- astheny
- cachexia
- cachexy
- wasting
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