frailty Definition
frailty (frāl′tē)
noun
- the quality or condition of being frail; weakness; esp., moral weakness
- pl. -·ties any fault or failing arising from such weakness
Etymology: ME frelete < OFr fraileté < L fragilitas, fragility
frailty Synonyms
frailty
n.
Quality of being weak
fragility, weakness, debility, delicacy, infirmity, feebleness, decrepitude, daintiness, puniness, slightness, frangibility, susceptibility, brittleness, softness, flaccidity, unsubstantiality, flimsiness, limpness, shakiness, wobbliness, rustiness. A moral or social weakness
failing, foible, imperfection; see defect 2, fault 2.
frailty Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- life: So having had a peek over the precipice, without being profound about it, makes you understand the frailty of human life.
- nature: How great is the frailty of human nature which is ever prone to evil!
- man: Can the stupidity and frailty of man ever be underestimated?
- age: The Druids used the Hawthorn's properties to strengthen the body in the frailty of old age.
- humanity: For no tower of Pride was ever yet high enough to lift its possessor above the trials and fears and frailties of humanity.
- existence: His more recent mixed media work continues to grapple with the frailty of human existence in a less direct way.
Possessives
man: PSALM 39 Man's frailty seen in the light of divine government.
Converse of object
- expose: Boxing has several, which is not surprising given that no sport exposes more rawly the frailties of its protagonists.
- increase: Parents and carers will be aware of the childâs increasing frailty, and death is usually relatively peaceful and expected when the time comes.
- show: The Light That Has Lighted The World is a beautiful song which still shows a frailty within the mind of George.
- have: So when it has an obvious frailty such as the ' simulation ' problem, I don't like it.
- highlight: They highlight the frailty of life and evoke memory - photographs are the only remaining evidence of an existence which is no longer there.
- see: PSALM 39 Man's frailty seen in the light of divine government.
Preposition: at
back: I think everyone is more than happy with the win however most are quite rightly still worried about the frailties at the back.
Adjective modifier
- defensive: It seemed to sum up the visitors ' defensive frailty.
- human: Others managed to balance the complex truth of human frailty with a primal joy in the moment.
- physical: This excess fatality rate is attributed to the physical frailty of older people, who generally recover less well from physical injuries.
- own: Fighting their own frailty, they tend the needs of others.
- obvious: A man such as O ' Connell is allotted his rightful place, but the obvious frailties of his approach are raised.
- same: Yet Abraham and his wife suffered from the same frailties all humans do.
Browse dictionary entries near frailty
- ‹ frail
- ‹ fraidy-cat
- ‹ fragrant
- ‹ fragrance
- ‹ Fragonard
- ‹ fragmentize
- ‹ fragmentation bomb
- ‹ Fragmentation
- ‹ fragmentate
- ‹ fragmentary

