weakness
Roget-categorie 160
1. Words expressing abstract relations› 1.8. Causation
›› 1.8.2. Connection between cause and effect
#160.
Weakness
zelfstandig naamwoord
weakness
etc.
adj. —
debility,
atony†,
relaxation,
languor,
enervation —
impotence
etc.
158 —
infirmity —
effeminacy,
feminality† —
fragility,
flaccidity —
inactivity
etc.
683.
anaemia,
bloodlessness,
deficiency of blood,
poverty of blood.
declension of strength,
loss of strength,
failure of strength —
delicacy,
invalidation,
decrepitude,
asthenia†,
adynamy†,
cachexy†,
cachexia [Med.],
sprain,
strain.
reed,
thread,
rope of sand,
house of cards.
softling†,
weakling —
infant
etc.
129 —
youth
etc.
127.
werkwoord
be weak
etc.
adj. —
drop,
crumble,
give way,
totter,
tremble,
shake,
halt,
limp,
fade,
languish,
decline,
flag,
fail,
have one leg in the grave.
render weak
etc.
adj. —
weaken,
enfeeble,
debilitate,
shake,
deprive of strength,
relax,
enervate,
eviscerate —
unbrace,
unnerve —
cripple,
unman
etc.
(render powerless)
158 —
cramp,
reduce,
sprain,
strain,
blunt the edge of —
dilute,
impoverish —
decimate —
extenuate —
reduce in strength,
reduce the strength of —
mettre de l'eau dans son vin [Fr.].
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
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.
uitdrukking
non sum qualis eram [Lat.].
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