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Definition of foible in English: foiblenoun ˈfɔɪb(ə)lˈfɔɪbəl 1A minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character. they have to tolerate each other's little foibles Example sentencesExamples - Centre Court samples the understated foibles of the Henman character
- Eca de Queiros exposed the vices and foibles of the middle classes in Portugal and the Maias is a classic example of this.
- Both characters have their foibles and strengths; both have suffered greatly; both deserve the house and a second chance.
- These foibles include our urge to chase the latest investment fad and doggedly hanging on to losers.
- Men of large vision often display outsized foibles as well.
- They have foibles and desires and worries and dislikes.
- The CEOs of underperforming companies do tend to develop all kinds of foibles, tics, and unpleasant mannerisms.
- The film is likewise unsympathetic to their foibles.
- Sometimes human foibles are key in drug discovery.
- He is certainly an avuncular figure, more paternal than patriarchal, yet even his faults and foibles are masculine in character.
- Character faults and foibles surface slowly and are dealt with compassionately.
- And she amuses us with the foibles of human characters we too can recognize as belonging to the world around us.
- Do you think they just have a screenwriting computer programme that builds in all these character flaws and foibles?
- As humans, we have numerous foibles and/or weaknesses.
- But such foibles are useful only if they are exploited.
- Throughout the work, he debunks theories and rituals, and pokes sly fun at other writers and the foibles of his own characters.
- The promising premise soon falters, with the striking central character's foibles never really fully realized or explained.
- To read him, one feels, is to know him, foibles and all.
- Isherwood's bright-eyed alertness, his lack of malice, his genial delight in the foibles of others all make him lovable.
- It is three pages long and goes into quite a lot of detail covering all of James' little eccentricities and foibles.
Synonyms weakness, weak point, weak spot, failing, shortcoming, flaw, imperfection, blemish, fault, defect, frailty, infirmity, inadequacy, limitation quirk, kink, idiosyncrasy, eccentricity, peculiarity, abnormality Achilles heel, chink in one's armour informal hang-up 2Fencing
The part of a sword blade from the middle to the point. Compare with forte Example sentencesExamples - The principle of defence, being the opposition of forte to foible, is still applicable today.
- Again footwork is often required to create the correct distance to allow you to parry the foible of the attacking blade.
- He parries with his foible when a feint is close but his real defense is his feet.
- This technique begins at the instant when the foible of the adversary's blade is against the forte of your blade.
Origin Late 16th century (as an adjective in the sense 'feeble'): from obsolete French, in Old French fieble (see feeble). Both noun senses also formerly occurred as senses of the word feeble and all date from the 17th century. Definition of foible in US English: foiblenounˈfoibəlˈfɔɪbəl 1A minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character. they have to tolerate each other's little foibles Example sentencesExamples - To read him, one feels, is to know him, foibles and all.
- They have foibles and desires and worries and dislikes.
- Centre Court samples the understated foibles of the Henman character
- Do you think they just have a screenwriting computer programme that builds in all these character flaws and foibles?
- Isherwood's bright-eyed alertness, his lack of malice, his genial delight in the foibles of others all make him lovable.
- As humans, we have numerous foibles and/or weaknesses.
- These foibles include our urge to chase the latest investment fad and doggedly hanging on to losers.
- He is certainly an avuncular figure, more paternal than patriarchal, yet even his faults and foibles are masculine in character.
- The CEOs of underperforming companies do tend to develop all kinds of foibles, tics, and unpleasant mannerisms.
- Men of large vision often display outsized foibles as well.
- Sometimes human foibles are key in drug discovery.
- The promising premise soon falters, with the striking central character's foibles never really fully realized or explained.
- It is three pages long and goes into quite a lot of detail covering all of James' little eccentricities and foibles.
- Character faults and foibles surface slowly and are dealt with compassionately.
- But such foibles are useful only if they are exploited.
- Throughout the work, he debunks theories and rituals, and pokes sly fun at other writers and the foibles of his own characters.
- Eca de Queiros exposed the vices and foibles of the middle classes in Portugal and the Maias is a classic example of this.
- Both characters have their foibles and strengths; both have suffered greatly; both deserve the house and a second chance.
- And she amuses us with the foibles of human characters we too can recognize as belonging to the world around us.
- The film is likewise unsympathetic to their foibles.
Synonyms weakness, weak point, weak spot, failing, shortcoming, flaw, imperfection, blemish, fault, defect, frailty, infirmity, inadequacy, limitation 2Fencing
The weaker part of a sword blade, from the middle to the point. Compare with forte Example sentencesExamples - He parries with his foible when a feint is close but his real defense is his feet.
- Again footwork is often required to create the correct distance to allow you to parry the foible of the attacking blade.
- This technique begins at the instant when the foible of the adversary's blade is against the forte of your blade.
- The principle of defence, being the opposition of forte to foible, is still applicable today.
Origin Late 16th century (as an adjective in the sense ‘feeble’): from obsolete French, in Old French fieble (see feeble). Both noun senses also formerly occurred as senses of the word feeble and all date from the 17th century. |