weakness (ˈwiːknɪs
)
Definitions
noun
- the state or quality of being weak
- a deficiency or failing, as in a person's character
- a self-indulgent fondness or liking ⇒
a weakness for chocolates
Synonyms
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frailty,
fatigue,
exhaustion,
fragility,
infirmity,
debility,
feebleness,
faintness,
decrepitude,
enervation,
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liking,
appetite,
penchant,
soft spot,
passion,
inclination,
fondness,
predilection,
proclivity,
partiality,
proneness,
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powerlessness,
vulnerability,
impotence,
meekness,
irresolution,
spinelessness,
ineffectuality,
timorousness,
cravenness,
cowardliness,
=
inadequacy,
deficiency,
transparency,
lameness,
hollowness,
implausibility,
flimsiness,
unsoundness,
tenuousness,
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failing,
fault,
defect,
deficiency,
flaw,
shortcoming,
blemish,
imperfection,
Achilles' heel chink in your armour
lack,
Quotations
"Frailty, thy name is woman!"
"A chain is no stronger than its weakest link"
Translations
- British English:
weakness
Weakness is the state or quality of having little strength or energy.Symptoms of infection include weakness, nausea, and vomiting.ˈwiːknɪs NOUN Symptoms of infection include weakness, nausea, and vomiting.
- Spanish:
debilidad
nf
- French:
faiblesse
nf
- German:
Schwäche
nf
- Chinese: 虚弱 n
- Arabic: ضَعْف n
- Portuguese: fraqueza nf
- Russian: слабость nf
- Croatian: slabost nf
- Czech: slabost nf
- Danish: svaghed nutr
- Dutch: zwakte nf
- Finnish: heikkous n
- Greek: αδυναμία nf
- Italian: debolezza nf
- Japanese: 弱いこと n
- Korean: 허약 n
- Norwegian: svakhet nm
- Polish: słabość nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: fraqueza nf
- European Spanish:
debilidad
nf
- Swedish: svaghet nutr
- Thai: ความอ่อนแอ n
- Turkish: zayıflık n
- Vietnamese: điểm yếu n
Usage examples
Eventually, Longmead's expression declined into a sad, dismissive understanding of what he thought of as Aubrey's weakness.
, The Last Raven (1990)But its attempts to foster greater coherence tend to make things worse, by exposing its weakness and fuelling greater cynicism.
Spiked (2003)Investors took Alcoa's results as a sign of the overall weakness in major U. S. industrials.
Globe and Mail (2003)Nationwide put Falkirk and Dundee among the areas of house price weakness.
Glasgow Herald (2001)On Wall Street, after the initial shock, the Fed chairman's statement was interpreted as a sign of weakness.
, DOT.CON (2001)