| slovo | definícia |
feeble
(encz) | feeble,chabý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
feeble
(encz) | feeble,mdlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
feeble
(encz) | feeble,nanicovatý adj: Rostislav Svoboda |
feeble
(encz) | feeble,slabý adj: |
Feeble
(gcide) | Feeble \Fee"ble\ (f[=e]"b'l), a. [Compar. Feebler (-bl[~e]r);
superl. Feeblest (-bl[e^]st).] [OE. feble, OF. feble,
flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be
wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf.
Foible.]
1. Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.
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Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. --2
Chron. xxviii.
15.
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2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or
expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.;
faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. "A lady's feeble
voice." --Shak.
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Feeble
(gcide) | Feeble \Fee"ble\, v. t.
To make feble; to enfeeble. [Obs.]
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Shall that victorious hand be feebled here? --Shak.
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feeble
(wn) | feeble
adj 1: pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble
excuse"; "a lame argument" [syn: feeble, lame]
2: lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise";
"faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice" [syn:
faint, feeble]
3: lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble
old woman"; "her body looked sapless" [syn: decrepit,
debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak,
weakly]
4: lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy
and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: feeble,
nerveless] |
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enfeeble
(encz) | enfeeble,oslabit v: Zdeněk Brož |
enfeebled
(encz) | enfeebled,oslabený v: Pino |
enfeeblement
(encz) | enfeeblement,zesláblost n: Zdeněk Brož |
feeble
(encz) | feeble,chabý adj: Zdeněk Brožfeeble,mdlý adj: Zdeněk Brožfeeble,nanicovatý adj: Rostislav Svobodafeeble,slabý adj: |
feeble-minded
(encz) | feeble-minded,slabomyslný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
feeble-mindedness
(encz) | feeble-mindedness,slaboduchost n: Zdeněk Brožfeeble-mindedness,slabomyslnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
feebleminded
(encz) | feebleminded,slabomyslný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
feeblemindedness
(encz) | feeblemindedness,slaboduchost n: Zdeněk Brožfeeblemindedness,slabomyslnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
feebleness
(encz) | feebleness,chabost n: Zdeněk Brožfeebleness,křehkost n: Zdeněk Brož |
feebler
(encz) | feebler,nevýraznější adj: Zdeněk Brožfeebler,slabší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
feeblest
(encz) | feeblest, |
Enfeeble
(gcide) | Enfeeble \En*fee"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfeebled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Enfeebling.] [OF. enfeblir, enfeiblir; pref. en- (L.
in) + feble, F. faible, feeble. See Feeble.]
To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the
strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.
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Enfeebled by scanty subsistence and excessive toil.
--Prescott.
Syn: To weaken; debilitate; enervate.
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Enfeebled
(gcide) | Enfeeble \En*fee"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfeebled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Enfeebling.] [OF. enfeblir, enfeiblir; pref. en- (L.
in) + feble, F. faible, feeble. See Feeble.]
To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the
strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.
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Enfeebled by scanty subsistence and excessive toil.
--Prescott.
Syn: To weaken; debilitate; enervate.
[1913 Webster]enfeebled \enfeebled\ adj.
same as debilitated, 2.
Syn: debilitated, infirm, seedy.
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enfeebled
(gcide) | Enfeeble \En*fee"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfeebled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Enfeebling.] [OF. enfeblir, enfeiblir; pref. en- (L.
in) + feble, F. faible, feeble. See Feeble.]
To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the
strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.
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Enfeebled by scanty subsistence and excessive toil.
--Prescott.
Syn: To weaken; debilitate; enervate.
[1913 Webster]enfeebled \enfeebled\ adj.
same as debilitated, 2.
Syn: debilitated, infirm, seedy.
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Enfeeblement
(gcide) | Enfeeblement \En*fee"ble*ment\, n.
The act of weakening; enervation; weakness.
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Enfeebler
(gcide) | Enfeebler \En*fee"bler\, n.
One who, or that which, weakens or makes feeble.
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Feeble-minded
(gcide) | Feeble-minded \Fee"ble-mind"ed\, a.
Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy;
irresolute; vacillating; imbecile. "comfort the
feeble-minded." --1 Thess. v. 14. -- Fee"ble-mind"ed*ness,
n.
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feeble-mindedness
(gcide) | feeble-mindedness \fee"ble-mind"ed*ness\ n.
severe mental deficiency.
Syn: amentia.
[WordNet 1.5]Feeble-minded \Fee"ble-mind"ed\, a.
Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy;
irresolute; vacillating; imbecile. "comfort the
feeble-minded." --1 Thess. v. 14. -- Fee"ble-mind"ed*ness,
n.
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Feeble-mindedness
(gcide) | feeble-mindedness \fee"ble-mind"ed*ness\ n.
severe mental deficiency.
Syn: amentia.
[WordNet 1.5]Feeble-minded \Fee"ble-mind"ed\, a.
Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy;
irresolute; vacillating; imbecile. "comfort the
feeble-minded." --1 Thess. v. 14. -- Fee"ble-mind"ed*ness,
n.
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Feebleness
(gcide) | Feebleness \Fee"ble*ness\, n.
The quality or condition of being feeble; debility;
infirmity.
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That shakes for age and feebleness. --Shak.
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Feebler
(gcide) | Feeble \Fee"ble\ (f[=e]"b'l), a. [Compar. Feebler (-bl[~e]r);
superl. Feeblest (-bl[e^]st).] [OE. feble, OF. feble,
flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be
wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf.
Foible.]
1. Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.
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Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. --2
Chron. xxviii.
15.
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2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or
expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.;
faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. "A lady's feeble
voice." --Shak.
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Feeblest
(gcide) | Feeble \Fee"ble\ (f[=e]"b'l), a. [Compar. Feebler (-bl[~e]r);
superl. Feeblest (-bl[e^]st).] [OE. feble, OF. feble,
flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be
wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf.
Foible.]
1. Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.
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Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. --2
Chron. xxviii.
15.
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2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or
expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.;
faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. "A lady's feeble
voice." --Shak.
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Forcible-feeble
(gcide) | Forcible-feeble \For"ci*ble-fee`ble\, a. [From Feeble, a
character in the Second Part of Shakespeare's "King Henry
IV.," to whom Falstaff derisively applies the epithet
"forcible."]
Seemingly vigorous, but really weak or insipid.
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He [Prof. Ayton] would purge his book of much offensive
matter, if he struck out epithets which are in the bad
taste of the forcible-feeble school. --N. Brit.
Review.
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Infeeble
(gcide) | Infeeble \In*fee"ble\, v. t.
See Enfeeble.
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Unenfeebled
(gcide) | Unenfeebled \Unenfeebled\
See enfeebled. |
enfeeble
(wn) | enfeeble
v 1: make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" [syn: enfeeble,
debilitate, drain] |
enfeeblement
(wn) | enfeeblement
n 1: serious weakening and loss of energy [syn: debilitation,
enervation, enfeeblement, exhaustion] |
feeble
(wn) | feeble
adj 1: pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble
excuse"; "a lame argument" [syn: feeble, lame]
2: lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise";
"faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice" [syn:
faint, feeble]
3: lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble
old woman"; "her body looked sapless" [syn: decrepit,
debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak,
weakly]
4: lacking strength; "a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy
and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: feeble,
nerveless] |
feebleminded
(wn) | feebleminded
adj 1: retarded in intellectual development [syn: backward,
half-witted, slow-witted, feebleminded] |
feeblemindedness
(wn) | feeblemindedness
n 1: severe mental deficiency |
feebleness
(wn) | feebleness
n 1: the state of being weak in health or body (especially from
old age) [syn: infirmity, frailty, debility,
feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism]
2: the quality of lacking intensity or substance; "a shrill yet
sweet tenuity of voice"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn:
feebleness, tenuity] |
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