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23.2 weak...
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weak adj. 1 feeble, frail, fragile, unsubstantial, flimsy,
breakable, frangible, delicate, rickety, unsteady, unsound,
decrepit, shaky, infirm: That chair is too weak for you to
stand on. 2 frail, infirm, debilitated, enervated, delicate,
sickly, anaemic, wasted, decrepit, puny, effete, worn out,
tired, exhausted: When I last saw Tindell he was so weak he
could hardly lift his brandy glass. 3 unassertive, retiring,
namby-pamby, spineless, irresolute, impotent, ineffectual,
ineffective, incompetent, feckless, inept, wishy-washy, timid,
meek, craven, timorous, cowardly, pusillanimous, lily-livered,
chicken-hearted, Colloq chicken, yellow: We know which is the
weaker partner in that marriage, don't we? 4 feeble, lame,
half-baked, poor, miserable, unconvincing, unpersuasive, empty,
shallow, flimsy, hollow, pathetic, pitiful, unbelievable,
untenable: Edward made some weak excuse for being late. I found
Mona's argument against birth control very weak indeed. 5
weak-minded, dim-witted, dull-witted, slow-witted, foolish,
feeble-minded, simple, simple-minded, soft-headed, stupid, dull,
moronic, imbecilic, Colloq dumb: They seek out people of weaker
intelligence and make fools of them. 6 faint, dim, poor, dull,
pale, faded, indistinct, vague, hazy, imperceptible,
indiscernible, unclear, blurred, blurry, muzzy, wavering,
faltering, ill-defined, feeble, flickering, subdued: I could
hardly see her face in the weak light of the candle. 7 feeble,
subdued, low, soft, hushed, muffled, muted, almost inaudible,
stifled, indistinct: When the victim finally spoke, his voice
was very weak. 8 See watery, 1, above. 9 weak point. See
weakness, 3, below.
weaken v. 1 debilitate, enfeeble, enervate, emasculate, mitigate,
moderate, dilute, deplete, diminish, lessen, depress, lower,
reduce, sap, undermine, exhaust, impoverish: The continuous
torture helped to weaken Errol's resolve. 2 fade, dwindle,
tire, droop, sag, fail, give way, crumble, flag: My
determination weakened when I saw what had happened to the
children. 3 give in, relent, acquiesce, give way, yield, accede,
consent, agree, assent, soften, bend, ease up, let up, ease off,
relax: If you ask very politely, she might weaken and allow you
to go out and play. 4 water (down), dilute, thin (out): Adding