FEEBLENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The quality of lacking intensity or substance

Example:

a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice

Synonyms:

feebleness; tenuity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("feebleness" is a kind of...):

weakness (the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain)

Derivation:

feeble (lacking strength or vigor)

feeble (pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness)

Meaning:

The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("feebleness" is a kind of...):

softness; unfitness (poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "feebleness"):

asthenia; astheny (an abnormal loss of strength)

cachexia; cachexy; wasting (any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease)

Derivation:

feeble (lacking strength)

feeble (lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality)