Synonyms for frailty
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Noun
1. Infirmity — the condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to…
infirmity, feebleness, weakness, debility, imperfection, impotence, deficiency, delicacy, failing, defect, fault, foible, frailness, valetudinarianism, shortcoming, flaw, fragility dated
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Definitions
- n. 1
The condition quality of being frail, physically, mentally, or morally; weakness of resolution; liability to be deceived.
Related words
- Word family
- frail
Forms
- Plural
- frailties → infirmities, feeblenesses, weaknesses, debilities…
Example sentences
- weakness You should not take advantage of others' weakness.
- infirmity Fadil's infirmity didn't slow him down.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| frailty | rising | |
| weakness | rising | |
| infirmity | steady | |
| debility | steady | |
| feebleness | steady | |
| fallibility | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- vice1, flaw1
- 5 letters
- fault1
- 6 letters
- defect2, foible2
- 7 letters
- failing2
- 8 letters
- weakness2, delicacy4, debility4
- 9 letters
- impotence3, fragility4, infirmity4, frailness
- 10 letters
- deficiency4, feebleness
- 11 letters
- shortcoming3, fallibility5, brittleness
- 12 letters
- imperfection4, frangibility
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (defect2 = 2 syllables).