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Definition: Weakness |
WeaknessNoun1. A flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife's failings". 2. Powerlessness revealed by an inability to act; "in spite of their weakness the group remains highly active". 3. The property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain; "his weakness increased as he became older"; "the weakness of the span was overlooked until it collapsed". 4. The condition of being financially weak; "the weakness of the dollar against the yen". 5. A penchant for something even though it might not be good for you; "he has a weakness for chocolate". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "weakness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonyms: WeaknessSynonyms: failing (n), helplessness (n), impuissance (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: strength (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Imbecility Folly | Noun: want of -intelligence; want of -intellect; shadowness, silliness, foolishness; Adjective: imbecility, incapacity, vacancy of mind, poverty of intellect, weakness of intellect, clouded perception, poor head, apartments to let; stupidity, stolidity; hebetude, dull understanding, meanest capacity, shortsightedness; incompetence; (unskillfulness). |
Imperfection | Fault, defect, weak point; screw loose; flaw; (break); gap; twist; taint, attainder; bar sinister, hole in one's coat; blemish; weakness; half blood; shortcoming; drawback; seamy side. |
Irresolution | Fickleness, levity, legerete; pliancy; (softness); weakness; timidity; cowardice; half measures. |
Vice | Infirmity; weakness; Adjective: weakness of the flesh, frailty, imperfection; error; weak side; foible; failing, failure; crying sin, besetting sin; defect, deficiency; cloven foot. |
Weakness | Noun: weakness; Adjective: debility, atony, relaxation, languor, enervation; impotence; infirmity; effeminacy, feminality; fragility, flaccidity; inactivity. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Hope, it is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and your greatest weakness. (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) Only the Dark Lord of the Sith knows of our weakness. If informed the senate is, multiply our adversaries will (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas) You see, I've discovered his weakness. He cares (Superman II; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster) He's got to have a weakness! Because, you know, everybody has a weakness (Hercules; writing credit: Ron Clements; Barry Johnson) You've found my weakness, but I've yet to find yours (Ever After; writing credit: Susannah Grant, Andy Tennant and Rick Parks.) | |
Lyrics | Maybe it's a sign of weakness (WE BELONG; performing artist: Pat Benatar) I got the weakness woes, and I can't touch my toes (Draft Dodger Rag; performing artist: Phil Ochs) Through weakness and strength, happiness and sorrow, for (From This Moment On; performing artist: Shania Twain) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Weakness Into Strength (1958) My Weakness (1933) She's My Weakness (1930) The Weakness of Strength (1916) His Weakness Conquered (1913) | |
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 | The incubation period for Ebola HF ranges from 2 to 21 days with abrupt onset of illness, characterized by fever, headache, joint and muscle aches, sore throat, and weakness, followed by diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach pain. Credit: CDC. |  | Symptoms of typhoid fever may include a sustained fever as high as 103° to 104° F (39° to 40° C), weakness, stomach pains, headache, loss of appetite. In some cases, patients have a rash of flat, rose-colored spots. Credit: CDC. |
 | The poliovirus has an affinity for the anterior horn motor neurons of the cervical and lumbar regions of the spinal cord. Death of these cells causes muscle weakness of those muscles once innervated by the now dead neurons. Credit: CDC. |  | When the neurons themselves die Wallerian degeneration takes place resulting in muscle weakness of those muscles once innervated by the now dead neurons (denervated). The degree of paralysis is directly correlated to the number of deceased neurons. Credit: CDC. |
 | When spinal neurons die, Wallerian degeneration takes place resulting in muscle weakness of those muscles once innervated by the now dead neurons (denervated). The degree of paralysis is directly correlated to the number of deceased neurons. Credit: CDC. |  | Such disease processes such as neuronal demyelination can leave an individual with permanent muscle weakness, and even paralysis. Credit: CDC. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Amos Bronson Alcott | Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness. |
Anne Sophie Swetchine | Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished. |
Charles Lamb | Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength. |
Francois De La Rochefoucauld | Weakness of character is the only defect which cannot be amended. |
Jacques BTNigne Bossuet | The greatest weakness of all is the great fear of appearing weak. |
Oscar Wilde | She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness. |
Publius Cornelius Tacitus | The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Our strength grows out of our weakness. |
Seneca | All cruelty springs from weakness. |
Voltaire | Weakness on both sides is, the motto of all quarrels. |
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John Locke | 1690 | They will wish, and seek for the opportunity, which in the change, weakness and accidents of human affairs, seldom delays long to offer itself. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | From what I have seen of our Russian friends and Allies during the war, I am convinced that there is nothing they admire so much as strength, and there is nothing for which they have less respect than for weakness, especially military weakness. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | We dare not tempt them with weakness. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | It was my folly, and thy weakness. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He shed hot tears, he wept bitterly, with more weakness than a woman, with more terror than a child |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | A sin, an instant of folly and weakness, drove Adam and Eve out of Eden and brought death and suffering into the world |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | The book treats of the weakness of human kind, and is in little esteem, except among the women and the vulgar |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Nature is as well adapted to our weakness as to our strength |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Weakness or paralysis. (references) | |
Muscle weakness may also develop. (references) | ||
Fatigue, weakness, and diarrhea may last for months. (references) | ||
Business | The banking system remains a weakness within the economy. (references) | |
The continuing weakness of the Euro helps maintain a demand for exports. (references) | ||
These changes are seen as a positive change from weaker to stronger management, and not a reflection of weakness in the market. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Pakistan | According to one NGO, journalist Hayat Ullah, who worked for the newspaper Ausaf, was warned by a Political Agent in the FATA not to publish any more stories that showed the weakness of the local administration, ordered to apologize, and ordered to submit future articles to the authorities for approval. (references) |
France | The law also reinforces existing provisions of the Penal Code by adding language covering the exploitation of the "psychological or physical subjection" or "fraudulent abuse of a state of ignorance or weakness." Leaders of the four major religions, such as the president of the French Protestant Federation and the president of the Conference of Bishops in France, raised concerns about the legislation. (references) | |
Economic History | Morocco | The commercial courts, established in 1998, have begun to mitigate the weakness in commercial proceedings. (references) |
Human Rights | China | The Criminal Procedure Law forbids the use of torture to obtain confessions, but one weakness of the law is that it does not expressly bar the introduction of coerced confessions as evidence. (references) |
Political Economy | UNITED KINGDOM | One reason for this is the weakness of the euro relative to the pound sterling, which has made exports to the EU more expensive. (references) |
RUSSIA | Imports in dollar terms have only recently begun to rise, although the weakness of the euro against both the dollar and the ruble has masked import volume increases. (references) | |
Trade | Vietnam | Despite the relative weakness of Vietnamese banks, deposits have been increasing quite rapidly. (references) |
Czech Rep | Despite weakness in the general health of the Czech banking sector, U.S. firms will be able to choose between a number of foreign banks and large local banks offering highly professional service. (references) | |
Indonesia | Over the past year, special interests have begun efforts to take advantage of the weakness of the central government seeking to reinstate former special trade privileges, especially in the agricultural sector. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Gambia | Because of these provisions and the weakness of unions, few strikes occur. (references) |
Poland | This weakness complicated and politicized the Government's labor relations system. (references) | |
Belize | There are no unions in the EPZ's, reflecting the general weakness of organized labor in the country. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | LIMB, n. The branch of a tree or the leg of an American woman. 'Twas a pair of boots that the lady bought, And the salesman laced them tight To a very remarkable height -- Higher, indeed, than I think he ought -- Higher than can be right. For the Bible declares -- but never mind: It is hardly fit To censure freely and fault to find With others for sins that I'm not inclined Myself to commit. Each has his weakness, and though my own Is freedom from every sin, It still were unfair to pitch in, Discharging the first censorious stone. Besides, the truth compels me to say, The boots in question were made that way. As he drew the lace she made a grimace, And blushingly said to him: "This boot, I'm sure, is too high to endure, It hurts my -- hurts my -- limb." The salesman smiled in a manner mild, Like an artless, undesigning child; Then, checking himself, to his face he gave A look as sorrowful as the grave, Though he didn't care two figs For her paints and throes, As he stroked her toes, Remarking with speech and manner just Befitting his calling: "Madam, I trust That it doesn't hurt your twigs." B. Percival Dike |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. |
Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | Fully impressed with the gravity of the duties that confront me and mindful of my weakness, I should be appalled if it were my lot to bear unaided the responsibilities which await me. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | So let us begin anew--remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Your strength can compensate for my weakness, and your wisdom can help to minimize my mistakes. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | We will build our defenses beyond challenge, lest weakness invite challenge. |
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| "Weakness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.94% of the time. "Weakness" is used about 1,726 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) | 99.94% | 1,725 | 4,874 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.06% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,726 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "weakness": Muscle Weakness ♦ Numbness or weakness on one side of body ♦ weakness of will. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
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| Language | Translations for "weakness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pafuqi (feebleness, hopelessness, impotence, impotency, infirmity, malady, malaise, nullity), molisje (debilitation, languor), ligështi (debility, faintness, feebleness, languor), e metë (blemish, defect, deficit, demerit, disfigurement, failing, fault, feebleness, flaw, handicap, limitations, shortcoming), dobësi (adynamia, anaemia, anemia, debility, delicacy, disease, failing, feebleness, 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). (various references) | |
Arabic | موطن ضعف (shortcoming, want), مأخذ (defect), نقيصة (demerit, fault, infirmity, vice, want), ضعف (attenuation, backwardness, crack, craze, debility, decrepitude, defect, delicacy, emaciation, enervation, failing, failure, fainting, feebleness, flabbiness, flightiness, frailness, frailty, grogginess, imitators, impairment, impotence, inadequacy, incapability, infirmity, lameness, languor, limp, limpness, shakiness, sickliness, sleeplessness, tenuousness, twice, uneasiness, weak spot, weaklings), الوهن (atonality, littleness, rustiness), العجز (disablement, sterner sex), ركاكة (thinness). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | слабост (asthenia, crack, debility, demerit, failing, fancy, feebleness, flabbiness, frailness, frailty, impotence, impotency, inanition, infirmity, insufficiency, leanness, partiality, poorness, shortcoming, tenderness, tenuity), влечение (affinity, call, calling, inclination, vein, vocation), отпадналост (caducity, ebb, faintness), неустойчивост (instability), недостатък (blemish, debit, defect, deficiency, demerit, disadvantage, disfiguration, drawback, failing, fault, flaw, hole, imperfection, kink, objection, shortcoming, vice). (various references) | |
Chinese | 弱点 (Vulnerability). (various references) | |
Czech | slabost (debility, faintness, feebleness, frailty, impotence, infirmity, invalidity, qualm, thinness, weak spot), slabina (demerit, failing, flank, groin, vice), slabùstka (foible). (various references) | |
Danish | svaghed, exhaustio virium (exhaustion), debilitet (debility, feeblemindedness). (various references) | |
Dutch | zwakte (debility). (various references) | |
Finnish | voimattomuus (infirmity, lack of strength, powerlessness), raihnaisuus (decrepitude), laimeus (feebleness), heikkous (failing, faintness, feebleness, foible, frailty, infirmity, weak point). (various references) | |
French | faiblesse. (various references) | |
German | Schwachheit (fragility, frailty, sickliness, thinness). (various references) | |
Greek | ατονία (debility, languor, lassitude, laxity, listlessness, nervelessness, prostration, tonelessness), αδυναμία (debility, delicacy, feebleness, flabbiness, foible, frailness, frailty, inability, infirmity, languor, puniness, shortcoming, weakliness). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תורפ" (frailty, vulnerable point, weakspot), תשישות (feebleness, infirmity), פ'ם (blemish, blot, defect, fault, flaw, impair, imperfection, notch, shortcoming), עלפון (fainting, swoon, syncope), חלישות (feebleness, frailty), חלשות (debility, exhaustion, faintness, feebleness, frailty), חולש" (debility, distemper, faintness, feebleness, flabbiness, frailness, frailty, infirmity, languishment, languor, laxation), אזלת י" (exhaustion, helplessness), "ל"ול (atrophy, degeneration, depletion, exhaustion, poverty, slack), רפיון י"ים (discouragment, powerlessness), רכרוכיות (flabbiness, softishness, softness). (various references) | |
Hungarian | gyengeség (debility, enervation, failing, faintness, feebleness, flimsiness, foible, fragility, frailness, impotence, infirmity, mildness, tenuity, tenuousness), gyenge pontja vminek, gyenge pontja vkinek, gyenge oldala vminek, gyenge oldala vkinek (achilles' heel of sy, sy's blind side, weak spot of sy), gyengéje vminek, gyengéje vkinek (weak spot of sy), gyarlóság (caducity, failing, fallibility, foible, peccadillo). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kelemahan (debility, infirmity, shortcoming), kedaifan (bumbleness, comtempt, scorn). (various references) | |
Italian | debolezza (debility, enervation, failing, faintness, feebleness, infirmity, poorness, thinness). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 軟弱 , 薄弱 (feebleness, weak), 衰弱 (breakdown, debility, prostration), 病癖 (bad habit, peculiarity). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ひけめ (drawing back), はくじゃく (feebleness, weak), じゃく (little less then, the weak), じゃくて" (weak point), けって" (defect, faults), よわみ, よわさ, ていちょう (captain, courteous, dullness, hospitable, inactive, low tide, low tone, polite, slack, slow, sluggish, undertone), にゅうじゃく (death of a priest, effeminacy, enervation, nirvana, spiritual liberty), すいじゃく (appearances of Buddha to save men, breakdown, debility, prostration, Shinto god who is the reincarnation of a Buddha or bodhisattva), びょうへき (bad habit, peculiarity), きょじゃく (feebleness, imbecility), な"ちょう (bearish tone, deafness, Southern Dynasty), な"て" (fault, the southern sky, what score or grade?), な"じゃく, おしめ (diaper, dip, nappy, swaddling), るいじゃく (feebleness, imbecility). (various references) | |
Korean | 약 (WEAKNESSES). (various references) | |
Manx | meillid (adagio, infirmity, lassitude, listlessness, scragginess, slowness), faasid (feebleness), annoonid (frailty, languor), annooney. (various references) | |
Papiamen | debilidat. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eaknessway.(various references) | |
Portuguese | debilidade (asthenia, debility, frailty, impotence, impotency, infirmity, limpness, thinner). (various references) | |
Romanian | slãbiciune (debility, decrepitude, defect, droop, failing, faintness, feebleness, flimsiness, foible, infirmity, languor, leanness, liking, propensity, shortcoming, tenuity), sfârşealã (break down, exhaustion, failure, flaccidity, flagging, weariness), meteahnã (defect, disease, hobby, sin, trouble), lâncezealã (apathy, atony, dullness, flatness, languishment, lassitude, torpor), frãgezime (delicacy, frailty, freshness, softness, tenderness), defect (defect, deficiency, demerit, drawback, failing, fault, flaw, hole, imperfection, infelicity, lame, shortcoming, ulcer, vice, want), cusur (blemish, defect, drawback, failing, fault, flaw, foible, shortcoming, vice), şubrezenie (craziness, feebleness, flimsiness, frailty, infirmity, instability), amorţealã (drowsiness, heaviness, numbness, somnolence, somnolency, stupidity, stupor, torpidity, torpidness, torpor). (various references) | |
Russian | слабость (adynamia, asthenia, debilitation, debility, enervation, failing, faintness, feebleness, flabbiness, foible, fragility, infirmity, languor, limpness, looseness, washiness, wilt). (various references) | |
Scottish | spreòchan, anfhainneachd, anfhainne. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | slabost (faintness, frailty, infirmity, malaise, poorness, remoteness, tenuity), slaba tačka, nemoć (infirmity). (various references) | |
Spanish | debilidad (debilitation, debility, dimness, enervation, faintness, feebleness, flabbiness, flimsiness, foible, frailness, frailty, grogginess, infirmity, meekness, shakiness). (various references) | |
Swedish | svaghet (debility, dotage, foible, fragility, frailty, impuissance, infirmity). (various references) | |
Turkish | zayıflık (caducity, debility, delicacy, diathesis, failing, faintness, feebleness, flabbiness, frailness, frailty, impotence, impotency, lameness, leanness, puniness, slimness, spareness, thinness), zayıf taraf (weak side), zaaf (achilles heel, disability, failing, foible, frailty, infirmity, lameness, vice), kuvvetsizlik (atony, feebleness, lack of power, slenderness, slightness), hasta oluş, halsizlik (debility, grogginess, infirmity, languor, lassitude, prostration, sinking), güçsüzlük (disability, feebleness, impotence, impotency, ineffectualness, infirmity, senility, shakiness), dayanıksızlık (flimsiness, instability), cansızlık (inanimation, inertness, languor, lifelessness, sluggishness, spontaneous generation, stagnation, torpidity, torpidness, torpor, washiness). (various references) | |
Turkmen | ysgynsyzlyk (feebleness), asgynlyk. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | слабість (ail, asthenia, debility, delicacy, enervation, flaccidity, foible, illness, languor, limpness, wasting), слабкість (adynamia, damp, debilitation, faintness, laxity, vice), тендітність (delicacy, fragility), вада (blemish, blur, defect, demerit, disfiguration, disfigurement, fault, shortcoming), нерішучість (backwardness, doubtfulness, embarrassment, fluctuation, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, indecision, irresolution, pause, shilly shally), непереконливість, недостатність (absence, beggarliness, insufficience, insufficiency, paucity, scantiness), зниження цін, пристрасть (appetence, appetite, ardency, ardour, bias, care, desire, flame, fondness, leaning, lust, partiality, passion, predilection, propensity, rage, yen). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tính yếu ớt (effeminacy, fecklessness), tính yếu đuối (lackadaisicalness, mildness, unmaliness, unsubstantiality), tính thích, tính nghiện (mania), tính chất yếu, sự ốm yếu tính nhu nhược, nhược điểm tính ưa chuộng. (various references) | |
Welsh | llesgedd (debility, languor), gwendid (frailty, waning). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | debilitatum, defectio, defectione, defectionem, fragilitas, inbecillitas, inbecillitate, inbecillitatem, inbecillitates, infirmitas, infirmitate, infirmitatem, infirmitates, infirmitatibus, infirmitatis, mollitiem. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | 1 Corinthians Chapter 2, Verse 3 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai egw en asqeneia kai en fobw kai en tromw pollw egenomhn proV umaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et ego in infirmitate et timore et tremore multo fui apud vos |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Y in sikenesse, and drede, and myche trembling, was among you; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And I was amoge you in weaknes and in feare and in moche treblinge. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And I was with you without strength, in fear and in doubt. |
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| Language | 1 Corinthians Chapter 2, Verse 3 |
| Cebuano | Ug sa akong pagpakigkauban kaninyo, ako diha sa kahuyang ug sa labihan nga kahadlok ug pagkurog; |
| Chinese | 我 在 們 那 裡 、 又 軟 弱 、 又 懼 怕 、 又 " 戰 兢 。 |
| Croatian | I ja priðoh k vama slab, u strahu i u veliku drhtanju. |
| Danish | og jeg færdedes hos eder i Svaghed og i Frygt og megen Bæven, |
| Dutch | En ik was bij ulieden in zwakheid, en in vreze, en in vele beving. |
| Finnish | Ja ollessani teidän tykönänne minä olin heikkouden vallassa ja pelossa ja suuressa vavistuksessa, |
| French | Moi-même j`étais auprès de vous dans un état de faiblesse, de crainte, et de grand tremblement; |
| German | Und ich war bei euch mit Schwachheit und mit Furcht und mit großem Zittern; |
| Hungarian | És én erõtlenség, félelem és nagy rettegés közt jelentem meg ti köztetek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ketika saya berada dengan kalian, saya lemah dan gemetar ketakutan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Aku sudah ada di dalam kelemahan dan ketakutan dan geletar yang sangat di antara kamu. |
| Italian | Io venni in mezzo a voi in debolezza e con molto timore e trepidazione; |
| Korean | 내 가 너 희 가 운 데 거 때 에 약 하 며 두 워 하 며 심 히 떨 었 노 라 |
| Latvian | Un es biju pie jums nespçcîgs un bailçs, un lielâs baþâs; |
| Maori | A i a koutou ahau me te ngoikore, me te wehi, me te tuiri nui. |
| Norwegian | Og jeg var hos eder i skrøpelighet og i frykt og i megen beven, |
| Portuguese | E eu estive convosco em fraqueza, e em temor, e em grande tremor. |
| Rumanian | Eu knsumi, cknd am venit kn mijlocul vostru, am fost slab, fricos wi plin de cutremur. |
| Russian | Й 'ЩМ С Х ЧБУ Ч ОЕНПЭЙ Й Ч УФТБИЕ Й Ч ЧЕМЙЛПН ФТЕ ЕФЕ. |
| Shuar | Nékayatan kakarmachu Sapíjmiashím jearmiajrume. |
| Spanish | Y estuve entre vosotros con debilidad, con temor y con mucho temblor. |
| Swahili | Nilipokuwa kwenu nilikuwa dhaifu, natetemeka kwa hofu nyingi. |
| Swedish | Och jag uppträdde hos eder i svaghet och med fruktan och mycken bävan. |
| Uma | Bula-ku ria dohe-ni, lente-a, pai' moridi' -a me'eka'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "weakness": weaknesses. (additional references) | |
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"Weakness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: weaners, wekness, Wrabness. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "weakness" (pronounced wē"knus) |
| 5 | -ē" k n u s | bleakness, uniqueness. |
| 4 | -k n u s | blackness, darkness, frankness, homesickness, likeness, quickness, sickness, slackness, starkness, thickness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blandness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-k-n-s-s-w" | |
-1 letter: skeanes, waeness, weakens. | |
-2 letters: akenes, seesaw, sewans, skeane, skeans, skeens, skenes, snakes, sneaks, swanks, wakens, weaken. | |
-3 letters: akees, akene, askew, eases, kanes, keens, knees, sakes, sanes, seeks, sensa, sense, sewan, skean, skeen, skees, skene, skews, snake, snaws, sneak, swank, swans, waken, wakes, wanes, weans, weeks, weens, wekas. | |
-4 letters: akee, anes, anew, asks, awee, awes. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-k-n-s-s-w" | |
+1 letter: askewness, newspeaks. | |
+2 letters: newsbreaks, newsmakers, snakeweeds, weakliness, weaknesses. | |
+3 letters: askewnesses, gawkinesses, wackinesses, wakefulness. | |
+4 letters: lukewarmness, swankinesses, weaklinesses, workableness. | |
+5 letters: awkwardnesses, gawkishnesses, hawkishnesses, mawkishnesses, wakefulnesses. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Bible Trace 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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