feeble Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
    lame.
    • a feeble excuse
    • a lame argument
  2. adjective satellite lacking strength or vigor
    faint.
    • damning with faint praise
    • faint resistance
    • feeble efforts
    • a feeble voice
  3. adjective satellite lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
    weakly; weak; sapless; decrepit; infirm; rickety; debile.
    • a feeble old woman
    • her body looked sapless
  4. adjective satellite lacking strength
    nerveless.
    • a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne

WordNet

Fee"ble adjective
Etymology
OE. feble, OF. feble, flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf. Foible.
Wordforms
comparative Feebler ; superlative Feeblest
Definitions
  1. Deficient in physical strenght; weak; infirm; debilitated.
    Carried all the feeble of them upon asses. 2 Chron. xxviii. 15.
  2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. "A lady's feeble voice." Shak.
Fee"ble transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make feble; to enfeeble. Obs.
    Shall that victorious hand be feebled here? Shak.

Webster 1913