debilitynoun [ U ]
uk/dɪˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/dɪˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/formalphysical weakness
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Weakness and vulnerability
- Achilles heel
- at a low ebb idiom
- be (only) flesh and blood idiom
- be sb's poodle idiom
- chink in sb's armour idiom
- ebb
- faint
- indefensible
- lax
- limp
- malleable
- man of straw
- susceptible
- toothless
- totter
- underbelly
- unprotected
- unsteady
- vulnerable
- wraith
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Examples from literature
- About a year ago he evinced symptoms of breaking down, cough, emaciation, and debility.
- He was touched by the poignant pathos of her great age and her debility.
- I was run down and a great sufferer from nervous debility.
- Now it happened that this young girl fell into such a state of debility that she was obliged to keep her room.
- The cold bath is beneficial in these cases, provided there is not great debility.