weakness

Meaning

1. The condition of being weak.
2. An inadequate quality; fault
3. A special fondness or desire.

Concepts

weakness

feebleness

debility

frailty

infirmity

defect

fault

faintness

weak point

shortcoming

languor

impotence

exhaustion

failing

powerlessness

helplessness

drawback

flaw

foible

weariness

asthenia

deficiency

fragility

disability

imbecility

weak

effeminacy

enervation

tiredness

frailness

impotency

impuissance

leanness

weak spot

puniness

dejection

dizziness

giddiness

vertigo

ailment

illness

sickness

breakdown

prostration

dullness

bad habit

disadvantage

softness

decay

tenuity

thinness

inability

flimsiness

insufficiency

listlessness

laziness

feeble

alarm

apathy

consternation

deduction

demand

depression

dismay

fatigue

gloom

grief

indolence

lifelessness

melancholia

melancholy

sadness

sale

sorrow

subtraction

cowardice

funk

deformity

disease

impairment

drawing back

faults

little less than

inactive

low tone

slack

slow

sluggish

undertone

peculiarity

bearish tone

dip

failure

blunder

error

demerit

bad point

crack

handicap

vulnerability

weakishness

enfeeblement

weakening

eyes

scarcity

pliancy

laxness

atony

lack of strength

want of power

baselessness

emasculation

groundlessness

milkiness

emaciated condition

tenderness

emaciation

lankiness

futility

lack

delicacy

flabbiness

weakliness

lassitude

laxity

nervelessness

tonelessness

inertia

downward tendency

downward trend

falling tendency

weaker tendency

vulanerable spot

weak link

ill

inconsistency

incapacity

numbness

paralysis

timidness

adynamia

astheny

fondness

frangibility

grogginess

underbelly

inadequacy

weak side

wretchedness

bluntness

defects

lameness

shortcomings

soft spot

flakiness

addiction

passion

predilection

delicate

fragile

flabby

inferior

young

delicateness

disempowerment

erectile dysfunction

mildness

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwiːk.nəs/

Etymology

From Middle English wayknesse, weykenesse, replacing earlier Middle English wocnesse, wakenes, wacnesse (“weakness”), from Old English wācnes (“weakness”). Equivalent to weak + -ness.

Sentences

Weakness in the hands and forearms occurs in many people as the disease progresses .