weak
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1 weak
Wanting in physical strength.
Roget 914:
pitying
etc.
v.;
pitiful,
compassionate,
sympathetic,
touched.
merciful,
clement,
ruthful;
humane;
humanitarian
etc.
(philanthropic)
910;
tender,
tender hearted,
tender as a chicken;
soft,
soft hearted;
unhardened†;
lenient
etc.
740;
exorable†,
forbearing;
melting
etc.
v.;
weak.
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Roget 738:
lax,
loose;
slack;
remiss
etc.
(careless)
460;
weak.
relaxed;
licensed;
reinless†,
unbridled;
anarchical;
unauthorized
etc.
(unwarranted)
925;
adespotic†.
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Roget 499:
unintelligent
[Applied to persons],
unintellectual,
unreasoning;
mindless,
witless,
reasoningless†,
brainless;
halfbaked;
having no head
etc.
498;
not bright
etc.
498;
inapprehensible†.
weak headed,
addle headed,
puzzle headed,
blunder headed,
muddle headed,
muddy headed,
pig headed,
beetle headed,
buffle headed†,
chuckle headed,
mutton headed,
maggoty headed,
grossheaded†;
beef headed,
fat witted,
fat-headed.
weak-minded,
feeble-minded;
dull minded,
shallow minded,
lack-brained;
rattle-brained,
rattle headed;
half witted,
lean witted,
short witted,
dull witted,
blunt-witted,
shallow-pated†,
clod-pated†,
addle-pated†,
addle-brained†;
dim-sighted,
short-sighted;
thick-skulled;
weak in the upper story.
shallow,
borne,
weak,
wanting,
soft,
sappy,
spoony;
dull,
dull as a beetle;
stupid,
heavy,
insulse†,
obtuse,
blunt,
stolid,
doltish;
asinine;
inapt
etc.
699;
prosaic
etc.
843;
hebetudinous†.
childish,
child-like;
infantine†,
infantile,
babyish,
babish†;
puerile,
anile;
simple
etc.
(credulous)
486;
old-womanish.
fatuous,
idiotic,
imbecile,
driveling;
blatant,
babbling;
vacant;
sottish;
bewildered
etc.
475.
blockish†,
unteachable Boeotian,
Boeotic;
bovine;
ungifted,
undiscerning†,
unenlightened,
unwise,
unphilosophical†;
apish;
simious†.
foolish,
silly,
senseless,
irrational,
insensate,
nonsensical,
inept;
maudlin.
narrow-minded
etc.
481;
bigoted
etc.
(obstinate)
606;
giddy
etc.
(thoughtless)
458;
rash
etc.
863;
eccentric
etc.
(crazed)
503.
[Applied to actions]
foolish,
unwise,
injudicious,
improper,
unreasonable,
without reason,
ridiculous,
absurd,
idiotic,
silly,
stupid,
asinine;
ill-imagined,
ill-advised,
ill-judged,
ill-devised;
mal entendu [Fr.];
inconsistent,
irrational,
unphilosophical†;
extravagant
etc.
(nonsensical)
497;
sleeveless,
idle;
pointless,
useless
etc.
645;
inexpedient
etc.
647;
frivolous
etc.
(trivial)
643.
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Roget 391:
bland,
void of taste
etc.
390;
insipid;
tasteless,
gustless†,
savorless;
ingustible†,
mawkish,
milk and water,
weak,
stale,
flat,
vapid,
fade,
wishy-washy,
mild;
untasted†.
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Roget 653:
dirty,
filthy,
grimy;
unclean,
impure;
soiled
etc.
v.;
not to be handled with kid gloves;
dusty,
snuffy†,
smutty,
sooty,
smoky;
thick,
turbid,
dreggy;
slimy;
mussy [U.S.].
slovenly,
untidy,
messy,
uncleanly.
[of people]
unkempt,
sluttish,
dowdy,
draggle-tailed;
uncombed.
unscoured†,
unswept†,
unwiped†,
unwashed,
unstrained,
unpurified†;
squalid;
lutose†,
slammocky†,
slummocky†,
sozzly†.
nasty,
coarse,
foul,
offensive,
abominable,
beastly,
reeky,
reechy†;
fetid
etc.
401.
[of rotting living matter]
decayed,
moldy,
musty,
mildewed,
rusty,
moth-eaten,
mucid†,
rancid,
weak,
bad,
gone bad,
etercoral†,
lentiginous†,
touched,
fusty,
effete,
reasty†,
rotten,
corrupt,
tainted,
high,
flyblown,
maggoty;
putrid,
putrefactive,
putrescent,
putrefied;
saprogenic,
saprogenous†;
purulent,
carious,
peccant;
fecal,
feculent;
stercoraceous†,
excrementitious†;
scurfy,
scurvy,
impetiginous†;
gory,
bloody;
rotting
etc.
v.;
rotten as a pear,
rotten as cheese.
crapulous
etc.
(intemperate)
954†;
gross
etc.
(impure in mind)
961;
fimetarious†,
fimicolous†.
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2 weak
Overly diluted; thin and insipid:
— Weak tea.
synoniemen: washy, watery.
Roget 575:
feeble,
bald,
tame,
meager,
jejune,
vapid,
bland,
trashy,
lukewarm,
cold,
frigid,
poor,
dull,
dry,
languid;
colorless,
enervated;
proposing,
prosy,
prosaic;
unvaried,
monotonous,
weak,
washy,
wishy-washy;
sketchy,
slight.
careless,
slovenly,
loose,
lax
(negligent)
460;
slipshod,
slipslop†;
inexact;
puerile,
childish;
flatulent;
rambling
etc.
(diffuse)
573.
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Roget 337:
watery,
aqueous,
aquatic,
hydrous,
lymphatic;
balneal†,
diluent;
drenching
etc.
v.;
diluted
etc.
v.;
weak;
wet
etc.
(moist)
339.
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3 weak
used of vowels or syllables Pronounced with little or no stress:
— A weak stress on the second syllable.
synoniemen: light, unaccented.
Roget 643:
unimportant;
of little account,
of small account,
of no account,
of little importance,
of no importance
etc.
642;
immaterial;
unessential,
nonessential;
indifferent.
subordinate
etc.
(inferior)
34;
mediocre
etc.
(average)
29;
passable,
fair,
respectable,
tolerable,
commonplace;
uneventful,
mere,
common;
ordinary
etc.
(habitual)
613;
inconsiderable,
so-so,
insignificant,
inappreciable.
trifling,
trivial;
slight,
slender,
light,
flimsy,
frothy,
idle;
puerile
etc.
(foolish)
499;
airy,
shallow;
weak
etc.
160;
powerless
etc.
158;
frivolous,
petty,
niggling;
piddling,
peddling;
fribble†,
inane,
ridiculous,
farcical;
finical,
finikin†;
fiddle-faddle,
fingle-fangle†,
namby-pamby,
wishy-washy,
milk and water.
poor,
paltry,
pitiful;
contemptible
etc.
(contempt)
930;
sorry,
mean,
meager,
shabby,
miserable,
wretched,
vile,
scrubby,
scrannel†,
weedy,
niggardly,
scurvy,
putid†,
beggarly,
worthless,
twopennyhalfpenny,
cheap,
trashy,
catchpenny,
gimcrack,
trumpery;
one-horse [U.S.].
not worth the pains,
not worth while,
not worth mentioning,
not worth speaking of,
not worth a thought,
not worth a curse,
not worth a straw
etc.
n.;
beneath notice,
unworthy of notice,
beneath regard,
unworthy of regard,
beneath consideration,
unworthy of consideration;
de lana caprina [It];
vain
etc.
(useless)
645.
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4 weak
Wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings.
synoniemen: fallible, frail, imperfect.
Roget 605:
irresolute,
infirm of purpose,
double-minded,
half-hearted;
undecided,
unresolved,
undetermined;
shilly-shally;
fidgety,
tremulous;
hesitating
etc.
v.;
off one's balance;
at a loss
etc.
(uncertain)
475.
vacillating
etc.
v.;
unsteady
etc.
(changeable)
149;
unsteadfast†,
fickle,
without ballast;
capricious
etc.
608;
volatile,
frothy;
light,
lightsome,
light-minded;
giddy;
fast and loose.
weak,
feeble-minded,
frail;
timid,
wimpish,
wimpy
etc.
860;
cowardly
etc.
862;
dough-faced [U.S.];
facile;
pliant
etc.
(soft)
324;
unable to say 'no',
easy-going revocable,
reversible.
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Roget 328:
brittle,
brash [U.S.],
breakable,
weak,
frangible,
fragile,
frail,
gimcrack†,
shivery,
fissile;
splitting
etc.
v.;
lacerable†,
splintery,
crisp,
crimp,
short,
brittle as glass.
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Roget 945:
vicious;
sinful;
sinning
etc.
v.;
wicked,
iniquitous,
immoral,
unrighteous,
wrong,
criminal;
naughty,
incorrect;
unduteous†,
undutiful.
unprincipled,
lawless,
disorderly,
contra bonos mores [Lat.],
indecorous,
unseemly,
improper;
dissolute,
profligate,
scampish;
unworthy;
worthless;
desertless†;
disgraceful,
recreant;
reprehensible,
blameworthy,
uncommendable;
discreditable,
disreputable;
Sadistic.
base,
sinister,
scurvy,
foul,
gross,
vile,
black,
grave,
facinorous†,
felonious,
nefarious,
shameful,
scandalous,
infamous,
villainous,
of a deep dye,
heinous;
flagrant,
flagitious;
atrocious,
incarnate,
accursed.
Mephistophelian,
satanic,
diabolic,
hellish,
infernal,
stygian,
fiendlike†,
hell-born,
demoniacal,
devilish,
fiendish.
miscreated†,
misbegotten;
demoralized,
corrupt,
depraved.
evil-minded,
evil-disposed;
ill-conditioned;
malevolent
etc.
907;
heartless,
graceless,
shameless,
virtueless;
abandoned,
lost to virtue;
unconscionable;
sunk in iniquity,
lost in iniquity,
steeped in iniquity.
incorrigible,
irreclaimable,
obdurate,
reprobate,
past praying for;
culpable,
reprehensible
etc.
(guilty)
947.
unjustifiable;
indefensible,
inexcusable;
inexpiable,
unpardonable,
irremissible†.
weak,
frail,
lax,
infirm,
imperfect;
indiscrete;
demoralizing,
degrading.
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5 weak
Tending downward in price.
6 weak
Deficient or lacking in some skill.
7 weak
Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality.
synoniemen: debile, decrepit, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weakly.
Roget 477:
intuitive,
instinctive,
impulsive;
independent of reason,
anterior to reason;
gratuitous,
hazarded;
unconnected.
unreasonable,
illogical,
false,
unsound,
invalid;
unwarranted,
not following;
inconsequent,
inconsequential;
inconsistent;
absonous†,
absonant†;
unscientific;
untenable,
inconclusive,
incorrect;
fallacious,
fallible;
groundless,
unproved;
non sequitur [Lat.],
it does not follow.
deceptive,
sophistical,
jesuitical;
illusive,
illusory;
specious,
hollow,
plausible,
ad captandum [Lat.],
evasive;
irrelevant
etc.
10.
weak,
feeble,
poor,
flimsy,
loose,
vague.
irrational;
nonsensical
etc.
(absurd)
497.
foolish
etc.
(imbecile)
499;
frivolous,
pettifogging,
quibbling;
finespun†,
overrefined†.
at the end of one's tether,
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Roget 160:
weak,
feeble,
debile†;
impotent
etc.
158;
relaxed,
unnerved,
etc.
v.;
sapless,
strengthless†,
powerless;
weakly,
unstrung,
flaccid,
adynamic†,
asthenic†;
nervous.
soft,
effeminate,
feminate†,
womanly.
frail,
fragile,
shattery†;
flimsy,
unsubstantial,
insubstantial,
gimcrack,
gingerbread;
rickety,
creaky,
creaking,
cranky;
craichy†;
drooping,
tottering
etc.
v..
broken,
lame,
withered,
shattered,
shaken,
crazy,
shaky;
palsied
etc.
158;
decrepit.
languid,
poor,
infirm;
faint,
faintish†;
sickly
etc.
(disease)
655;
dull,
slack,
evanid†,
spent,
short-winded,
effete;
weather-beaten;
decayed,
rotten,
worn,
seedy,
languishing,
wasted,
washy,
laid low,
pulled down,
the worse for wear.
unstrengthened
etc.
159†,
unsupported,
unaided,
unassisted;
aidless†,
defenseless
etc.
158;
cantilevered
(support)
215.
on its last legs;
weak as a child,
weak as a baby,
weak as a chicken,
weak as a cat,
weak as a rat;
weak as water,
weak as water gruel,
weak as gingerbread,
weak as milk and water;
colorless
etc.
429.
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8 weak
used of verbs Having standard (or regular) inflection.
9 weak
Not having authority, political strength, or governing power.
10 weak
Deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc:
— Weak colors.
— A weak pulse.
synoniem: faint.
11 weak
Likely to fail under stress or pressure.
12 weak
Deficient in intelligence or mental power.
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