English-Thai Dictionary

feeble

ADJ อ่อนกำลัง  อ่อนแรง  กะปลกกะเปลี้ย  fragile strengthless on-kam-lang

 

feeble-minded

A ที่ มี ปัญญาอ่อน  ที่ โง่ ทึ่ม 

 

feeble-minded

ADJ ปัญญาอ่อน  โง่  งี่เง่า  ทึ่ม  retarded foolish pan-ya-on

 

feeble-mindedness

N การ มีสติปัญญา อ่อน 

 

feebleness

N ความ อ่อน ด้อย ปัญญา  ความ อ่อนกำลัง  ความ อ่อน ด้อย คุณ ธรรม 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FEEBLE

a.[I know not the origin of the first syllable. ] 1. Weak; destitute of much physical strength; as, infants are feeble at their birth.
2. Infirm; sickly; debilitated by disease.
3. Debilitated by age or decline of life.
4. Not full or loud; as a feeble voice or sound.
5. Wanting force or vigor; as feeble efforts.
6. Not bright or strong; faint; imperfect; as feeble light; feeble colors.
7. Not strong or vigorous; as feeble powers of mind.
8. Not vehement or rapid; slow; as feeble motion.

 

FEEBLE

v.t.To weaken. [Not used. See Enfeeble. ]

 

FEEBLE-MINDED

a.Weak in mind; wanting firmness or constancy; irresolute. Comfort the feeble-minded. 1 Thessalonians 5:14.

 

FEEBLENESS

n. 1. Weakness of body or mind, from any cause; imbecility; infirmity; want of strength, physical or intellectual; as feebleness of the body or limbs; feebleness of the mind or understanding.
2. Want of fullness or loudness; as feebleness of voice.
3. Want of vigor or force; as feebleness of exertion, or of operation.
4. Defect of brightness; as feebleness of light or color.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FEEBLE

Fee "ble, a. [Compar. Feebler; superl. Feeblest.] Etym: [OE. feble,OF. feble, flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf. Foible. ]

 

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.

 

FEEBLE

FEEBLE Fee "ble, v. t.

 

Defn: To make feble; to enfeeble. [Obs. ] Shall that victorious hand be feebled here Shak.

 

FEEBLE-MINDED

FEEBLE-MINDED Fee "ble-mind "ed, a.

 

Defn: Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy; irresolute; vacilating; imbecile. "comfort the feeble-minded. " 1 Thess. v. 14. -- Fee "ble-mind "ed *ness, n.

 

FEEBLENESS

FEEBLENESS Fee "ble *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or condition of being feeble; debility; infirmity. That shakes for age and feebleness. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

feeble

fee ble |ˈfēbəl ˈfibəl | ▶adjective ( feebler, feeblest ) lacking physical strength, esp. as a result of age or illness: my legs are very feeble after the flu. • (of a sound ) faint: his voice sounded feeble and far away. • lacking strength of character: she overreacted in such a feeble, juvenile way. • failing to convince or impress: a feeble excuse. DERIVATIVES fee ble ness noun, fee bly |ˈfēb (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French fieble, earlier fleible, from Latin flebilis ‘lamentable, ’ from flere ‘weep. ’

 

feebleminded

fee ble mind ed |ˈfēbəlˌmīndəd ˌfibəlˈmaɪndəd | ▶adjective (of a person ) unable to make intelligent decisions or judgments. • (of an idea or proposal ) lacking in sense or clear direction: a feebleminded policy. • dated (of a person ) having less than average intelligence. DERIVATIVES fee ble mind ed ly (also feeble-mindedly ) adverb, fee ble mind ed ness (also feeble-mindedness ) noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

feeble

fee ¦ble |ˈfiːb (ə )l | ▶adjective ( feebler, feeblest ) lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness: by now, he was too feeble to leave his room. • (of a sound ) faint: her feeble cries of pain. • lacking strength of character: I know it's feeble but I've never been one to stand up for myself. • failing to convince or impress: a feeble excuse. DERIVATIVES feebleness noun, feebly adverb ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French fieble, earlier fleible, from Latin flebilis ‘lamentable ’, from flere ‘weep ’.

 

feeble-minded

feeble-minded ▶adjective unable to make intelligent decisions or judgements; foolish or stupid. • dated (of a person ) having less than average intelligence. DERIVATIVES feeble-mindedly adverb, feeble-mindedness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

feeble

feeble adjective 1 he was very old and feeble: weak, weakly, weakened, frail, infirm, delicate, sickly, ailing, unwell, poorly, enfeebled, enervated, debilitated, incapacitated, decrepit, etiolated. ANTONYMS strong. 2 a feeble argument: ineffective, ineffectual, inadequate, unconvincing, implausible, unsatisfactory, poor, weak, flimsy. ANTONYMS effective. 3 he's too feeble to stand up to his boss: cowardly, craven, faint-hearted, spineless, spiritless, lily-livered, chinless; timid, timorous, fearful, unassertive, weak, ineffectual, wishy-washy; informal wimpy, sissy, sissified, gutless, chicken. ANTONYMS forceful, brave. 4 a feeble light: faint, dim, weak, pale, soft, subdued, muted. ANTONYMS strong. WORD TOOLKIT See weak . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

feeble-minded

feeble-minded adjective he's not as feeble-minded as he pretends to be: stupid, idiotic, imbecilic, foolish, witless, doltish, empty-headed, vacuous; informal halfwitted, moronic, dumb, dim, dopey, dippy; daft. ANTONYMS clever.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

feeble

feeble adjective 1 he was very old and feeble: weak, weakly, weakened, puny, wasted, frail, infirm, delicate, sickly, ailing, unwell, poorly, failing, helpless, powerless, impotent, enfeebled, enervated, debilitated, incapacitated, effete; decrepit, doddering, doddery, tottering, tottery, shaky, trembling, trembly; Scottish shilpit; rare etiolated. ANTONYMS strong. 2 this is a transparently feeble argument: ineffective, ineffectual, unsuccessful, inadequate, unconvincing, implausible, unsatisfactory, poor, weak, inept, tame, paltry, shallow, thin, flimsy, insubstantial; futile, useless, profitless, fruitless. ANTONYMS effective. 3 he's too feeble to stand up to his boss: cowardly, craven, faint-hearted, spineless, spiritless, lily-livered, chicken-livered, pigeon-hearted; timid, timorous, fearful, unassertive, soft, weak, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficient, incompetent, inadequate, indecisive; informal wishy-washy, wimpy, sissy, sissified, gutless, weak-kneed, yellow, yellow-bellied, chicken; Brit. informal wet; N. Amer. informal candy-assed; N. Amer. vulgar slang chickenshit; archaic poor-spirited. ANTONYMS brave; forceful. 4 the lamp shed a feeble light: faint, dim, weak, pale, soft, subdued, muted, indistinct, unclear, vague; informal wishy-washy. ANTONYMS strong. WORD TOOLKIT feeble See weak . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

feeble-minded

feeble-minded adjective don't be so feeble-minded: stupid, idiotic, moronic, imbecilic, foolish, half-baked, half-witted, dim-witted, witless, dunce-like, doltish, cretinous, empty-headed, vacuous, vapid; informal daft, dumb, dim, dopey, dozy, birdbrained, pea-brained, fat-headed, lamebrained, chuckleheaded, dunderheaded, wooden-headed, muttonheaded, boneheaded, crazy, mental, nuts, nutty, crackers, cracked, potty, barmy, batty, cuckoo, bonkers, dotty, dippy; N. Amer. informal dumb-ass. ANTONYMS clever.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

feeble

fee ble /fíːb (ə )l /形容詞 ～r ; ～st 1 (老齢 病気などで非常に )弱った, 衰弱した ; 力のない (!weakよりも強意的な語; 哀れみや軽蔑 （けいべつ ）を含意する ) .2 〈音 光などが 〉微弱な, かすかな .3 〈冗談 言い訳などが 〉効果のない, 説得力を欠く ▸ a feeble joke うけない冗談 4 〈力 勢力 効果などが 〉弱い, 不足している, 不十分な ▸ make a feeble attempt [effort ]はかない試み [努力 ]をする 5 〈性格 精神力が 〉弱い ; 〈知能が 〉低い .～ness 名詞

 

feeble-minded

f è eble-m í nd ed /-ɪd /形容詞 1 おろかな, ばかげた .2 ｟古 ｠知能の遅れた .