feeble

  • 51feeble — adjective (feebler; feeblest) Etymology: Middle English feble, from Anglo French, from Latin flebilis lamentable, wretched, from flēre to weep more at bleat Date: 12th century 1. a. markedly lacking in strength b. indicating weakness 2. a.… …

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  • 52Feeble — Meet the Feebles Meet the Feebles Réalisation Peter Jackson Acteurs principaux Donna Akersten Stuart Devenie Mark Hadlow Scénario Peter Jackson Danny Mulheron Stephen Sinclair Fran Walsh Musique Peter Dasent Production Jim Booth Société de… …

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  • 53feeble — Synonyms and related words: abulic, afraid, aged, ailing, anemic, anile, asthenic, backward, barely audible, blear, bleared, bleary, bloodless, blurred, blurry, cachectic, chicken, confused, cowardly, crabbed, dark, debilitated, decrepit,… …

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  • 54feeble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See weakness. Ant., strong. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking strength] Syn. fragile, puny, strengthless, infirm; see weak 1 , 2 . 2. [Lacking effectiveness] Syn. impotent, ineffectual,… …

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  • 55feeble — adj. RG. 379, 380. ‘feebler.’ RG. 372 == bad. ‘feble wede.’ HD. 323 …

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  • 56feeble — fee·ble || fɪːbl adj. weak, frail; intellectually weak, morally weak; faint, lacking intensity …

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  • 57feeble — a. 1. Weak, not strong. 2. Debilitated, enervated, sickly, infirm, languishing, languid, declining, drooping, frail. 3. Faint, imperfect, dim, without vigor, lacking intensity or vividness or force …

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  • 58feeble — fee·ble …

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  • 59feeble —   Nāwaliwali, hāpauea, nāwali, palupalu. Also: pānauea, aneane, ōpē, ōpa ipa i, kūhelahela, kūhau, hōmī, hīnawenawe, hini, pūlewa, nanaiea, hākupe, hemo, hemo ē, ka ahē, o olu, uhinipili, unihipili, kūmīmī, ulihi, ukaukai, pēlu e …

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  • 60feeble — adj. 1 weak, infirm. 2 lacking energy, force, or effectiveness. 3 dim, indistinct. 4 deficient in character or intelligence. Derivatives: feebleness n. feeblish adj. feebly adv. Etymology: ME f. AF & OF feble, fieble, fleible f. L flebilis… …

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