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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | weak | Having little physical or spiritual strength |
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| 2 | weak, watery, washy | Overly diluted | |
| 3 | weak, powerless | Lacking power | |
| 4 | weak, unaccented, light | Used of vowels or syllables | |
| 5 | weak, fallible, frail, imperfect | Having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings | |
| 6 | weak, forceless, unforceful | Lacking force | |
| 7 | weak, decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, sapless, weakly | Lacking physical strength or vitality | |
| 8 | weak | Used of verbs having standard (or regular) inflection | |
| 9 | weak | Lacking physical strength or vigor | |
| 10 | weak, effeminate | Characterized by excessive softness or self-indulgence |
| Sounds | wiy'k |
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| Rhymes | antique, batik, beak, and 50 more rhymes in iyk at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Having little physical or spiritual strength. |
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| Examples | "a weak radio signal"; "a weak link" |
| Attribute of | strength |
| Similar | anemic, anaemic; adynamic, asthenic, debilitated, enervated; faint, feeble; feeble, lame; flaccid, lax, limp, slack; flimsy, slight, tenuous, thin; flimsy, fragile; jerry-built, shoddy; namby-pamby, spineless, wishy-washy; pale, pallid, wan; puny; vulnerable; washy; weakened |
| See also | delicate; powerless, weak; tender, untoughened |
| Contrary | strong |
| Adverbs | weakly |
| Meaning | Overly diluted. Thin and insipid. |
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| Examples | "weak tea" |
| Synonyms | watery, washy |
| Similar to | diluted, dilute |
| Meaning | Lacking power. |
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| Synonyms | powerless |
| Attribute of | power, powerfulness |
| Similar | feeble, nerveless; helpless, incapacitated; flooded, inundated, overcome, overpowered, overwhelmed, swamped, engulfed; low-powered |
| See also | ineffective, uneffective, ineffectual; impotent; weak |
| Contrary | powerful |
| Meaning | Used of vowels or syllables. Pronounced with little or no stress. |
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| Examples | "a weak stress on the second syllable" |
| Synonyms | unaccented, light |
| Similar to | unstressed, unaccented |
| Meaning | Having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings. |
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| Synonyms | fallible, frail, imperfect |
| Similar to | human |
| Meaning | Lacking force. Feeble. |
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| Synonyms | forceless, unforceful |
| Similar | wimpish, wimpy |
| Contrary | forceful |
| Meaning | Lacking physical strength or vitality. |
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| Synonyms | decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, sapless, weakly |
| Similar to | frail |
| Meaning | Used of verbs having standard (or regular) inflection. |
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| Category | grammar |
| Similar to | regular |
| Meaning | Lacking physical strength or vigor. |
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| Similar to | impotent |
| Meaning | Characterized by excessive softness or self-indulgence. |
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| Synonyms | effeminate |
| Similar to | soft |