Infirmity

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A bodily ailment or weakness, especially one brought on by old age.
  • n. Frailty; feebleness.
  • n. A condition or disease producing weakness.
  • n. A failing or defect in a person's character.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. feebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age.
  • n. a moral weakness or defect
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The state of being infirm; feebleness; an imperfection or weakness; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated state; a disease; a malady.
  • n. A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a weakness or defect.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The state of being infirm; weakness; especially, an unsound or unhealthy state of the body; a malady: as, the infirmities of age.
  • n. A weakness; failing; fault; foible.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    softness    unfitness   
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    cachexy    wasting    cachexia    asthenia    astheny   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    malady    weakness    feebleness    defect    debility    disease    failing    imbecility    foible    eccentricity   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    debility    imperfection    frailty    imbecility    malady    shortcoming    failing    derangement    inability    affliction