Feebleness

Definitions: Feebleness

Feebleness

Noun

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

2. The quality of lacking intensity or substance; "a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Date "feebleness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Feebleness

Synonyms: debility (n), frailness (n), frailty (n), infirmity (n), tenuity (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Feebleness	Noun: feebleness; Adjective:
Neglect	Adjective: neglecting; Verb: unmindful, negligent, neglectful; heedless, careless, thoughtless; perfunctory, remiss; feebleness.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Feebleness

English words defined with "feebleness": Anoplotherium ♦ Caducity ♦ Infirmness ♦ Unstrength. (references)

Specialty definitions using "feebleness": Soldier's Heart ♦ Taste. (references)

Etymologies containing "feebleness": Unstrength. (references)

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	It weighs upon woman, that is to say, upon grace, upon feebleness, upon maternity.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Feebleness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Feebleness" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	26	68,323

Language		Translations for "feebleness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		pafuqi (hopelessness, impotence, impotency, infirmity, malady, malaise, nullity, weakness), ligështi (debility, faintness, languor, weakness), e metë (blemish, defect, deficit, demerit, disfigurement, failing, fault, flaw, handicap, limitations, shortcoming, weakness), dobësi (adynamia, anaemia, anemia, debility, delicacy, disease, failing, flabbiness, flaccidity, fragility, frailty, goneness, impotence, impotency, inanimation, inanition, inanity, infirmity, labefaction, languish, languor, laxness, leanness, limpness, malady, marasmus, reaction, sinking, tabescence, tenuity, vulnerability, washiness, weakness). (various references)

Arabic		‏وهن (asthenia, attenuate, attenuation, damp, dampen, debilitate, debility, decay, discouragement, distemper, droop, enervate, enfeeble, extenuate, imitators, infirmity, invalidate, languish, languishment, languor, pall, relax, sap, shrivel, sickliness, thin, weak spot, weaken, weaklings), ‏ضعف (attenuation, backwardness, crack, craze, debility, decrepitude, defect, delicacy, emaciation, enervation, failing, failure, fainting, flabbiness, flightiness, frailness, frailty, grogginess, imitators, impairment, impotence, inadequacy, incapability, infirmity, lameness, languor, limp, limpness, shakiness, sickliness, sleeplessness, tenuousness, twice, uneasiness, weak spot, weaklings, weakness). (various references)

Bulgarian		слабост (asthenia, crack, debility, demerit, failing, fancy, flabbiness, frailness, frailty, impotence, impotency, inanition, infirmity, insufficiency, leanness, partiality, poorness, shortcoming, tenderness, tenuity, weakness), слабоватост, хилавост (frailty), кекавост, немощ (anility, debility, decrepitude, infirmity, prostration), неиздържаност, неиздръжливост (intolerance), мекушавост, посредственост (dead level, indifference, meanness, mediocrity). (various references)

Czech		slabost (debility, faintness, frailty, impotence, infirmity, invalidity, qualm, thinness, weak spot, weakness). (various references)

Finnish		laimeus (weakness), heikkous (failing, faintness, foible, frailty, impairment, infirmity, weak point, weakness). (various references)

French		faiblesse. (various references)

German		schwäche (brittleness, deficiency, dimness, dullness, enervation, failing, faintness, foible, fondness, frailty, impairment, impotence, infirmity, lameness, languor, lightness, lowness, partiality, penchant, poorness, proclivity, slackness, slenderness, slightness, softness, unsoundness, weakness). (various references)

Greek		αδυναμία (asthenia, debility, delicacy, flabbiness, foible, frailness, frailty, inability, infirmity, languor, lassitude, puniness, shortcoming, weakliness, weakness). (various references)

Hebrew		תשישות (infirmity, weakness), חלישות (frailty, weakness), חלשות (debility, exhaustion, faintness, frailty, weakness), חולש�" (debility, distemper, faintness, flabbiness, frailness, frailty, infirmity, languishment, languor, laxation, weakness). (various references)

Hungarian		gyöngeség. (various references)

Italian		debolezza (debility, enervation, failing, faintness, infirmity, market, market dullness, market flatness, market slackness, market sluggishness, poorness, thinness, weakness). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		薄弱 (weak, weakness). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		きょじゃく (imbecility, weakness), るいじゃく (imbecility, weakness), はくじゃく (weak, weakness). (various references)

Manx		treihid (haggardness, miserableness, paleness, wanness), mellid (backwardness, decrepitude, deliberateness, deliberation, dullness, faultiness, flimsiness, poorness, slowness), lhaggid (dimness, flatness, slack), faasid (weakness), anlheiltaght. (various references)

Pig Latin		eeblenessfay

Portuguese		fraco de espírito (wanting, weak-minded, weak-spirited, witless). (various references)

Romanian		slãbiciune (debility, decrepitude, defect, droop, failing, faintness, flimsiness, foible, infirmity, languor, leanness, liking, propensity, shortcoming, tenuity, weakness), debilitate (adynamia, debility, frailty, infirmity, sinking), şubrezenie (craziness, flimsiness, frailty, infirmity, instability, weakness). (various references)

Russian		слабость (adynamia, asthenia, debilitation, debility, enervation, failing, faintness, flabbiness, foible, fragility, infirmity, languor, limpness, looseness, washiness, weakness, wilt), бледность (paleness, pallor, whiteness). (various references)

Scottish		laigse (debility). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		maloumnost (amentia). (various references)

Spanish		debilidad (debilitation, debility, dimness, enervation, exhaustion, faintness, flabbiness, flimsiness, foible, frailness, frailty, grogginess, infirmity, market, market dullness, market flatness, market slackness, market sluggishness, meekness, shakiness, weakness). (various references)

Turkish		zayıflık (caducity, debility, delicacy, diathesis, failing, faintness, flabbiness, frailness, frailty, impotence, impotency, lameness, leanness, puniness, slimness, spareness, thinness, weakness), kuvvetsizlik (atony, lack of power, slenderness, slightness, weakness), güçsüzlük (disability, impotence, impotency, ineffectualness, infirmity, senility, shakiness, weakness). (various references)

Turkmen		ysgynsyzlyk (weakness). (various references)

Vietnamese		tính chất mỏng mảnh, tính chất dễ gãy, sự yếu đuối sự kém, sự yếu, sự nhu nhược tính chất lờ mờ. (various references)

Welsh		nychdod (infirmity), musgrellni (debility), eiddilwch (slenderness). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	debilitatum, inbecillitas, inbecillitate, inbecillitatem, inbecillitates, languor, languore, languorem, languores, languoribus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Jeremiah Chapter 47, Verse 3
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai epoihsen kurioV oti hmartete autw kai ouk hkousate autou thV fwnhV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Ab strepitu pompae armorum et bellatorum eius a commotione quadrigarum eius et multitudine rotarum illius non respexerunt patres filios manibus dissolutis
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Fro the noise of the bost of the armede men, and of his fiyteres, and fro the stiring of his foure horsid carres, and fro the multitude of his whelis. Beheelden not the fadris the sonus with hondus losid atwynne,
Jacobean English	1611	King James	At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
Victorian English	1833	Webster	At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands:
Basic English	1964	Ogden	At the noise of the stamping of the feet of his war-horses, at the rushing of his carriages and the thunder of his wheels, fathers will give no thought to their children, because their hands are feeble;
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Jeremiah Chapter 47, Verse 3
Cebuano	Sa dinaguok sa pinagakpak sa mga tiil sa iyang makusganong mga kabayo, sa pagdasdas sa iyang mga carro nga iggugubat, sa kinagalkal sa iyang mga ligid, ang mga amaban ili na molingi sa pagtan-aw sa ilang mga anak tungod sa kaluiya sa mga kamot;
Croatian	uz tutanj kopita njegove ždrebadi, uza štropot kola i tresku toèkova. Oci više ne mare za djecu svoju jer su im ruke klonule
Danish	For Lyden af hans Hingstes Hovslag, hans Vognes Drøn, hans raslende Hjul får Fædre ej set efter Bøm, thi Hænderne er slappe,
Dutch	Vanwege het geluid van het geklater der hoeven zijner sterke paarden, vanwege het geraas zijner wagenen, en het bulderen zijner raderen; de vaders zien niet om naar de kinderen, vanwege de slappigheid der handen;
Finnish	Kun kuuluu hänen orhiensa kavioitten töminä, hänen vaunujensa jyrinä, hänen rattaittensa ryske, eivät isät käänny lapsiansa auttamaan, sillä hervottomat ovat heidän kätensä
French	A cause du retentissement des sabots de ses puissants chevaux, Du bruit de ses chars et du fracas des roues; Les pères ne se tournent pas vers leurs enfants, Tant les mains sont affaiblies,
German	vor dem Getümmel ihrer starken Rosse, so dahertraben, und vor dem Rasseln ihrer Wagen und Poltern ihrer Räder; daß sich die Väter nicht werden umsehen nach den Kindern, so verzagt werden sie sein
Haitian Creole	Lè y'a tande bri zago chwal yo ap frape tè a, bri cha lagè yo k'ap kouri vini ak bri wou yo k'ap woule atè a, papa p'ap ka fè anyen pou pitit yo, tèlman y'a dekouraje.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Mereka akan mendengar derap kuda, bunyi derak-derik kereta, dan kertak-kertuk roda-rodanya. Orang tua akan menjadi lemah dan tidak lagi memikirkan anaknya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Dari pada bunyi pengentak-entak kuku segala kudanya, dari pada menderu bunyi segala ratanya dan dari pada bunyi kertak-kertuk segala jenteranya; bahwa bapa-bapapun tiada lagi menoleh kepada anak-anaknya, demikianlah peri kelemahan segala tangan,
Italian	Allo scalpitar dei suoi possenti cavalli, al fragor dei suoi carri, al cigolio delle ruote, i padri non si voltano verso i figli, le loro mani sono senza forza
Maori	Hei te haruru o te takahi o nga paua o ona hoiho kaha, hei te rorohu o ona hariata, hei te ngaehe o ona wira, kore iho nga matua e tahuri ki muri ki a ratou tamariki i te ngoikore hoki o nga ringa;
Norwegian	når hans veldige hesters hovslag drønner, når hans vogner ramler, når hans hjul dundrer, da ser ikke fedrene sig om efter barna, så motfalne er de
Portuguese	ao ruído estrepitoso das unhas dos seus fortes cavalos, ao barulho de seus carros, ao estrondo das suas rodas; os pais não atendem aos filhos, por causa da fraqueza das mãos,
Rumanian	de tropqitul copitelor cailor lui puternici, de uruitul carqlor lui wi de sckryqitul roatelor; pqrinyii nu se mai kntorc spre copiii lor, atkt le sknt de slqbite mknile,
Russian	пФ ЫХНОПЗП ФП� ПФБ ЛП� ЩФ УЙМШОЩИ ЛПОЕК ЕЗП, ПФ УФХЛБ ЛПМЕУОЙ�" ЕЗП, ПФ ЪЧХЛБ ЛПМЕУ ЕЗП, ПФ�"Щ ОЕ ПЗМСОХФУС ОБ �"ЕФЕК УЧПЙИ, � ПФПНХ ЮФП ТХЛЙ Х ОЙИ П� ХУФСФУС
Spanish	por el estruendo del galope de los cascos de sus corceles, por el retumbo de sus carros y por el chirrido de sus ruedas. Por la debilidad de sus manos, los padres no se vuelven a mirar a sus hijos,
Swedish	När bullret höres av hans hingstars hovslag, när hans vagnar dåna, när hans hjuldon rassla, då se ej fäderna sig om efter barnen, så maktlösa stå de
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "feebleness": feeblenesses. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "feebleness" (pronounced 'Fee"ble*ness'): Abjectedness, Abjectness, Ableness, Abominableness, Abortiveness, Abruptness, Absentness, Absoluteness, Absorptiveness, Abstemiousness, Abstersiveness, Abstractedness, Abstractiveness, Abstractness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Abusiveness, Acceptableness, Accessariness, Accessoriness, Accidentalness, Accommodableness, Accommodateness, Accurateness, Accustomedness, Acidness, Acquaintedness, Acquisitiveness, Acrimoniousness, Activeness, Actualness, Acuteness, Adaptedness, Adaptiveness, Adaptness, Addictedness, Addle-patedness, Adeptness, Adequateness, Adhesiveness, Admirableness, Adorableness, Adroitness, Adultness, Advantageousness, Adventurousness, Adverseness, Advisable-ness, Advisedness, Affableness. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-e-f-l-n-s-s"
	-1 letter: enfeebles.
	-2 letters: beefless, enfeeble.
	-3 letters: feeless, flenses.
	-4 letters: feeble, flense, lebens, lenses, lessee, lessen.
	-5 letters: beefs, benes, bless, feels, fesse, flees, leben, lenes, lense, seels, selfs, sense.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-e-e-e-f-l-n-s-s"
	+2 letters: feeblenesses.
	+5 letters: ineffablenesses.
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