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feeble

/ˈfiːbəl/

feeble adjective: deficient in physical strength.

Adjective

feeble (comparative feebler, superlative feeblest)

  1. Deficient in physical strength.
    • Though she appeared old and feeble, she could still throw a ball.
    • Pent up in Utica he vainly forms
      A poor Epitome of Roman Greatneſs,
      And, cover’d with Numidian Guards, directs
      A feeble Army, and an empty Senate,
      Remnants of mighty Battels fought in vain.1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 2
  2. Lacking force, vigor, or effectiveness in action or expression; faint.
    • That was a feeble excuse for an example.

Verb

feeble (third-person singular simple present feebles, present participle feebling, simple past and past participle feebled)

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

feeble meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

feeble in Hindi

feeble
दुर्बल durbal, निर्बल nirbal
feeble, light
महीन mahīn
feeble, weak
क्षीण kṣīṇ

feeble in Tamil

பலவீனமான

feeble in Urdu

feeble
دربل durbal, اشکت aśakt

feeble in Bengali

দুর্বল, শক্তিহীন
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feeble in Malayalam
ക്ഷീണിച്ച, കൃശമായ, ദുർബ്ബലം, ശക്തിക്ഷയിച്ച
feeble in Kannada
ಅಶಕ್ತ, ದುರ್ಬಲ, ಸುಸ್ತಾದ, ನಿಶ್ಶಕ್ತ
feeble in Sanskrit
निर्बल nirbala, दुर्बल durbala, अशक्त aśakta
feeble in Sinhala
නෝංජල් nōṁjal
feeble in Tagalog
mahina
feeble in Persian
ضعیف za'if, ناتوان nâtavân

Examples of feeble in a sentence

  • This poem is much better than the feeble attempt of mine.
  • Our great hive minds can instantly read their feeble mental projections from even this distance.
  • A gradual descent into a haggard and feeble state.

All 32 example sentences with feeble

Synonyms of feeble

All synonyms of feeble

Forms of feeble

Adjective
comparativefeebler
superlativefeeblest
Verb
third-person singular presentfeebles
present participlefeebling
past participlefeebled
pastfeebled

Origin of feeble

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

Words formed from feeble

Words that rhyme with feeble

Questions about feeble

What does feeble mean?
Feeble means deficient in physical strength.
What is feeble in Hindi?
Feeble in Hindi is दुर्बल (durbal), निर्बल (nirbal), महीन (mahīn). See Feeble meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is feeble?
Feeble can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce feeble?
Feeble is pronounced /ˈfiːbəl/.

Words near feeble in the dictionary

  1. Feebacks
  2. feebate
  3. feebates
  4. Feebie
  5. Feebies
  6. feeble
  7. feeble-brained
  8. feeble-minded
  9. feeble-mindedly
  10. feeble-mindedness
  11. feeble-mindednesses

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: feeble (page history and authors); क्षीण (Hindi) (page history and authors); feeble (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اشکت (Urdu) (page history and authors); feeble (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); feeble (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); feeble (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); නෝංජල් (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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