debility

Meaning

A state of physical or mental weakness.

Synonyms

weakness

feebleness

infirmity

frailty

impotence

decrepitude

frailness

languor

weariness

valetudinarianism

vulnerability

prostration

debilitation

asthenia

adynamia

breakdown

listlessness

imbecility

decay

delicacy

lassitude

laxity

laxness

disability

neurasthenia

puniness

shortcoming

tenderness

tiredness

tonelessness

weakening

weakliness

astheny

decline

impuissance

defect

nervelessness

enfeeblement

exhaustion

failing

failure

flabbiness

foible

overripeness

impotency

inability

fatigue

Translations

debilidad

faiblesse

debolezza

αδυναμία

Schwäche

zwakheid

tenuità

ατονία

débilité

infirmité

vulnérabilité

Schwächezustand

vulnerabilità

debilitazione

affaiblissement

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈbɪlɪti/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: debylite

In summary

From Middle English debylite, from Old French debilité (French débilité), from Latin dēbilitās (“weakness”), from dēbilis (“weak”), from dē- + habilis (“able”).