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feeble

adjective

1 he was very old and feeble:

weak, weakly, weakened, puny, wasted, frail, infirm, delicate, sickly, ailing, unwell, poorly, failing, helpless, powerless, impotent, enfeebled, enervated, debilitated, incapacitated, effete;

decrepit, doddering, doddery, tottering, tottery, shaky, trembling, trembly;

Scottish shilpit;

rare etiolated.

▷antonyms strong.

2 this is a transparently feeble argument:

ineffective, ineffectual, unsuccessful, inadequate, unconvincing, implausible, unsatisfactory, poor, weak, inept, tame, paltry, shallow, thin, flimsy, insubstantial;

futile, useless, profitless, fruitless.

▷antonyms effective.

3 he's too feeble to stand up to his boss:

cowardly, craven, faint-hearted, spineless, spiritless, lily-livered, chicken-livered, pigeon-hearted;

timid, timorous, fearful, unassertive, soft, weak, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficient, incompetent, inadequate, indecisive;

informal wishy-washy, wimpy, sissy, sissified, gutless, weak-kneed, yellow, yellow-bellied, chicken;

British, informal wet;

North American, informal candy-assed;

North American, vulgar slang chickenshit;

archaic poor-spirited.

▷antonyms brave; forceful.

4 the lamp shed a feeble light:

faint, dim, weak, pale, soft, subdued, muted, indistinct, unclear, vague;

informal wishy-washy.

▷antonyms strong.

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See weak.