frail
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/icons/point.icon WEAK, FEEBLE, FRAIL, FRAGILE, INFIRM, DECREPIT mean not strong enough to endure strain, pressure, or strenuous effort.
WEAK applies to deficiency or inferiority in strength or power of any sort.
e.g. felt weak after the surgery
FEEBLE suggests extreme weakness inviting pity or contempt.
e.g. a feeble attempt to walk
FRAIL implies delicacy and slightness of constitution or structure.
e.g. a frail teenager unable to enjoy sports
FRAGILE suggests frailty and brittleness unable to resist rough usage.
e.g. a reclusive poet too fragile for the rigors of this world
INFIRM suggests instability, unsoundness, and insecurity due to old age or crippling illness.
e.g. infirm residents requiring constant care
DECREPIT implies being worn-out or broken-down from long use or old age.
e.g. the dowager's decrepit retainers
adjective
(of a person) weak and delicate:
〈人が〉(老齢･病気などで)か弱い(weak), やせ衰えた, きゃしゃな
e.g. she looked frail and vulnerable
e.g. a frail voice.
easily damaged or broken; fragile or insubstantial:
〈物が〉壊れ［いたみ］やすい, もろい(fragile)
e.g. the balcony is frail
e.g. the frail Russian economy.
archaic weak in character or morals.
はかない, つかの間の; 意志が弱い, 誘惑に勝てない
DERIVATIVES
frailly |ˈfrā(l)lē| adverb
frailness noun
ORIGIN
Middle English: from Old French fraile, from Latin fragilis (see fragile).