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Feeble vs. Weak

Feeble and Weak Definitions

Feeble

Lacking bodily strength; weak
Too feeble to climb the hill.

Weak

Lacking physical strength, energy, or vigor; feeble.

Feeble

Having little intensity or strength; faint
Feeble light.
A feeble voice.

Weak

Likely to fail under pressure, stress, or strain; lacking resistance
A weak link in a chain.

Feeble

Having little capacity to withstand pressure or strain
The castle's feeble defenses.

Weak

Lacking firmness of character or strength of will
A weak person unable to cope with adversity.
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Feeble

Lacking vigor or effectiveness; inadequate
A feeble attempt to apologize.

Weak

Lacking intensity or strength; faint
Weak light.
A weak voice.

Feeble

Showing little activity
A feeble housing market.

Weak

Lacking the proper strength or amount of ingredients
Weak coffee.

Feeble

Deficient in physical strength.
Though she appeared old and feeble, she could still throw a ball.

Weak

Having low prices or few transactions
A weak market for oil stocks.
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Feeble

Lacking force, vigor, or effectiveness in action or expression; faint.
That was a feeble excuse for an example.

Weak

Lacking the ability to function normally or fully
A weak heart.

Feeble

(obsolete) To make feeble; to enfeeble.

Weak

Unable to digest food easily; readily nauseated
A weak stomach.

Feeble

Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.
Carried all the feeble of them upon asses.

Weak

Lacking or resulting from a lack of intelligence
A weak mind.
Weak reasoning.
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Feeble

Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion.

Weak

Lacking aptitude or skill
A weak student.
Weak in math.

Feeble

To make feble; to enfeeble.
Shall that victorious hand be feebled here?

Weak

Lacking persuasiveness; unconvincing
A weak argument.

Feeble

Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness;
A feeble excuse
A lame argument

Weak

Lacking authority or the power to govern
A weak ruler.

Feeble

Lacking strength or vigor;
Damning with faint praise
Faint resistance
Feeble efforts
A feeble voice

Weak

Of, relating to, or being those verbs in Germanic languages that form a past tense and past participle by means of a dental suffix, as start, started; have, had; bring, brought.

Feeble

Lacking physical strength or vitality;
A feeble old woman
Her body looked sapless

Weak

Of, relating to, or being the inflection of nouns or adjectives in Germanic languages with a declensional suffix that historically contained an n.

Feeble

Lacking strength;
A weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude

Weak

Unstressed or unaccented in pronunciation or poetic meter. Used of a word or syllable.

Weak

Designating a verse ending in which the metrical stress falls on a word or syllable that is unstressed in normal speech, such as a preposition.

Weak

Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
The child was too weak to move the boulder.
They easily guessed his weak computer password.

Weak

Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
A weak timber; a weak rope

Weak

Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
Weak resolutions; weak virtue

Weak

Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
We were served stale bread and weak tea.

Weak

(grammar) Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:

Weak

Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.

Weak

Showing less distinct grammatical endings.

Weak

Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.

Weak

(chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
A weak acid;
A weak base

Weak

(physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.

Weak

(slang) Bad or uncool.
This place is weak.

Weak

Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)

Weak

Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.

Weak

Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
The prosecution advanced a weak case.

Weak

Lacking in vigour or expression.
A weak sentence; a weak style

Weak

Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.

Weak

(stock exchange) Tending towards lower prices.
A weak market; wheat is weak at present

Weak

(photography) Lacking contrast.
A weak negative

Weak

Wanting physical strength.

Weak

Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted.
A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man.
Weak with hunger, mad with love.

Weak

Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral, or political strength, vigor, etc.

Weak

Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope.

Weak

Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor; spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate.
To think every thing disputable is a proof of a weak mind and captious temper.
Origen was never weak enough to imagine that there were two Gods.

Weak

Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the suffix -ed, -d, or the variant form -t; as in the verbs abash, abashed; abate, abated; deny, denied; feel, felt. See Strong, 19 (a).

Weak

Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship.

Weak

Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
If evil thence ensue,She first his weak indulgence will accuse.

Weak

Tending toward a lower price or lower prices; as, wheat is weak; a weak market.

Weak

Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant.

Weak

Not having full confidence or conviction; not decided or confirmed; vacillating; wavering.
Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.

Weak

Lacking in good cards; deficient as to number or strength; as, a hand weak in trumps.

Weak

Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress.

Weak

Not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as, weak resolutions; weak virtue.
Guard thy heartOn this weak side, where most our nature fails.

Weak

Lacking contrast; as, a weak negative.

Weak

Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint.
A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish.

Weak

Wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a weak sense of honor of duty.

Weak

Not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated with the usual or required ingredients, or with stimulating and nourishing substances; of less than the usual strength; as, weak tea, broth, or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a weak dose of medicine.

Weak

Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained; as, a weak argument or case.
A case so weak . . . hath much persisted in.

Weak

Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army.

Weak

Wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak sentence; a weak style.

Weak

Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.

Weak

Lacking in elements of political strength; not wielding or having authority or energy; deficient in the resources that are essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak monarch; a weak government or state.
I must make fair weather yet awhile,Till Henry be more weak, and I more strong.

Weak

Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market.

Weak

To make or become weak; to weaken.
Never to seek weaking variety.

Weak

Having little physical or spiritual strength;
A weak radio signal
A weak link

Weak

Overly diluted; thin and insipid;
Washy coffee
Watery milk
Weak tea

Weak

Lacking power

Weak

Used of vowels or syllables; pronounced with little or no stress;
A syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable
A weak stress on the second syllable

Weak

Having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings;
I'm only human
Frail humanity

Weak

Lacking force; feeble;
A forceless argument

Weak

Lacking physical strength or vitality;
A feeble old woman
Her body looked sapless

Weak

Used of verbs having standard (or regular) inflection

Weak

Lacking physical strength or vigor

Weak

Characterized by excessive softness or self-indulgence;
An effeminate civilization

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