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feebling

feebling is the present participle and gerund of feeble.

Meaning of feeble

Verb

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

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

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Noun

feebling (plural feeblings)

  1. A feeble person.
    • Our sergeant did not, therefore, as might have been expected, retain the hale men to fight and send on the feeblings, but just the reverse; and the only disabled soldiers pushed forward were the few in the waggons […]1878, Stephen Joseph Mac Kenna, Brave Men in Action
    • You are feeblings. I am your master. You can't bring a squeal out of me. You think it remarkable, for you know how easily you would squeal.1915, Jack London, The Star Rover

Forms of feebling

pluralfeeblings

Questions about feebling

What does feebling mean?
Feebling means a feeble person.
What is feebling the present participle and gerund of?
Feebling is the present participle and gerund of feeble.
What part of speech is feebling?
Feebling is a noun.
What is the plural of feebling?
The plural of feebling is feeblings.

Words near feebling in the dictionary

  1. feebles
  2. feeblesome
  3. feebless
  4. feeblest
  5. feeblest-minded
  6. feebling
  7. feeblings
  8. feeblish
  9. feebly
  10. feebs
  11. feechur

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