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Definition of Feeble

1. Adjective. Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness. "A lame argument"

2. Adjective. Lacking strength or vigor. "A feeble voice"

3. Adjective. Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality. "Her body looked sapless"

4. Adjective. Lacking strength. "A weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"

Definition of Feeble

1. a. Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.

2. v. t. To make feble; to enfeeble.

Definition of Feeble

1. weak [adj -BLER, -BLEST] : FEEBLY [adv] - See also: weak

Medical Definition of Feeble

1. 1. Deficient in physical strenght; weak; infirm; debilitated. "Carried all the feeble of them upon asses." (2 Chron. Xxviii. 15) 2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble colour; feeble motion. "A lady's feeble voice." Origin: OE. Feble, OF. Feble, flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. Faible, L. Flebilis to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. Flere to weep. Cf. Foible. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Feeble

federita fedex fedexed fedexes fedexing fedora fedoras feds fed up(p) fee

fee fee-for-service plans fee-tail feeb feeble (current term) feeble (current term) feebled feebleminded feeblemindedly feeblemindedness

feebleness feeblenesses feebler feebles feeblest feebling feeblish feebly feebly feebs

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