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feeble
Meaning: extremely weak or lacking strength
feeble in a sentence
How feeble is used in real sentences:
After the long illness, his feeble legs could barely hold his weight.
By the tenth mile, her feeble attempts to keep pace with the group finally gave way to exhaustion.
“My excuse sounded feeble even to me, so I returned the notebook and faced the group.”
— from the passage The Locker Choice
Synonyms for feeble
Other words for feeble — frail, weak and faint — carry the same meaning.
- frail
- weak
- faint
Antonyms of feeble
Words that mean the opposite of feeble:
- strong
- robust
- vigorous
Where it comes from
From Latin flebilis 'lamentable, to be wept over'
Memory hook
FEEBLE rhymes with 'NEEDLE' — thin, fragile, and easily bent.