feeble

adjective · verbA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

feebler

Superlative

feeblest

1.
Deficient in physical strength.
Though she appeared old and feeble, she could still throw a ball.
2.
Lacking force, vigor, or effectiveness in action or expression; faint.
That was a feeble excuse for an example.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

feebles

V_ing/Gerund

feebling

V_ed/pp

feebled

1.
(obsolete)To make feeble; to enfeeble.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

weak infirm debilitated sickly faintphysically weak weak, infirm, debilitated, sickly

Cùng gốc / liên quan

enfeeblefeeble-brainedfeeble-mindedfeeblenessfeeblesomefeeblishfeeblyforcible-feebleoverfeebleunfeeble

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English feble, from feble (weak, feeble) (compare faible), from Latin flēbilis (tearful, mournful, lamentable) by dissimilation, from fleō (to weep, cry), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-. foible.