FAIBLE Synonyms

• exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury

• marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique

• easily broken or damaged or destroyed

• easily hurt

• developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety

• difficult to handle; requiring great tact

• of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely

• no longer sufficient

• (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use

• impaired by diminution

• (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval

• made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)

• affected, overrefined, and effeminate

• deprived of vigor and the ability to be effective

• lacking energy or vitality

• a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

• deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc

• lacking clarity or distinctness

• lacking strength or vigor

• weak and likely to lose consciousness

• indistinctly understood or felt or perceived

• lacking conviction or boldness or courage

• pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain

• pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness

• lacking strength or vigor

• lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

• lacking strength

• easily broken or damaged or destroyed

• vulnerably delicate

• lacking substance or significance

• physically weak

• the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds

• a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)

• wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings

• easily broken or damaged or destroyed

• lacking power or ability

• (of a male) unable to copulate

• lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

• lacking firmness of will or character or purpose

• lacking power

• wanting in physical strength

• overly diluted; thin and insipid

• (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress

• wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings

• tending downward in price

• deficient or lacking in some skill

• lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

• (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection

• not having authority, political strength, or governing power

• deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc

• likely to fail under stress or pressure

• deficient in intelligence or mental power

• impaired by diminution

• made weak or weaker

• reduced in strength

• mixed with water

• damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value

• make weak