weakness synonyms

weakness

n.

  1. The state of being weak

    feebleness, senility, anility, delicacy, invalidity, frailty, faintness, prostration, anoxia, anoxemia, decrepitude, debility, effeminacy impotence, enervation, dizziness, femininity, infirmity.

    Antonyms strength*, good health, vitality. *

  2. An instance or manner of being weak

    fault, failing, deficiency, defect, disturbance, lapse, vice, sore point, gap, flaw, instability, indecision, inconstancy, vulnerability.

    Antonyms virtue*, good*, strength. *

  3. *Inclination

    liking, tendency, bent; see hunger, inclination 1. See syn. study at fault.

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