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frail

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of frail

1 easily broken

a frail eggshell

Synonyms of frail

breakable, delicate, fragile, frangible

Words Related to frail

dainty, fine, gossamer

eggshell, flimsy, slight, tenuous

brittle, crisp, crispy, crumbly, crushable, embrittled, flaky (also flakey), friable, shaky, shivery, short

feeble, infirm, soft, spindly, tender, weak

inelastic, inflexible, stiff

Near Antonyms of frail

compact, firm, hard, rigid, solid, substantial, unyielding

elastic, flexible, resilient, rubberlike, rubbery, springy, stretch, stretchable, supple

Antonyms of frail

infrangible, nonbreakable, strong, sturdy, tough, unbreakable

2 easily injured without careful handling

be careful with your grandmother, as she's very frail and a fall would be disastrous

Synonyms of frail

delicate, fragile, sensitive, tender

Words Related to frail

breakable, brittle, crushable, eggshell, frangible, friable

feeble, flimsy, puny, slight, soft, tenuous, weak

nonhardy, perishable, resistless, susceptible, unresistant, vulnerable, yielding

Near Antonyms of frail

durable, firm, flinty, hard, hardy, resistant, robust, rugged, solid, sound, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial

infrangible, nonbreakable, unbreakable

hardened, inured, strengthened, tempered, toughened

Antonyms of frail

3 lacking bodily strength

he was frail after a long battle with bronchitis

Synonyms of frail

asthenic, debilitated, delicate, down-and-out, effete, enervated, enfeebled, faint, feeble, infirm, languid, low, prostrate, prostrated, sapped, slight, soft, softened, tender, unsubstantial, wasted, weak, weakened, wimpish, wimpy

Words Related to frail

challenged, disabled, incapacitated, invalid

broken-down, decrepit

impotent, powerless

breakable, flimsy, fragile

dizzy, groggy, rocky, unsteady, woozy

drained, exhausted, flagging, tired, weary, worn-out

damaged, harmed, hurt, impaired, injured, lame, unsound

resistless, susceptible, unresistant, vulnerable, yielding

Near Antonyms of frail

able-bodied, athletic, beefy, brawny, fit, husky, muscular, sinewy, strapping, virile

hard, hardy, lusty, red-blooded, robust, sturdy, tough

fortified, hardened, inured, strengthened, toughened

energetic, energized, invigorated, vigorous, vitalized

hale, healthy, sound

capable, competent

convalescing, recovering, recuperating

Antonyms of frail

mighty, powerful, rugged, stalwart, stout, strong

4 lacking strength of will or character

a frail person, easily swayed by others

Synonyms of frail

characterless, effete, invertebrate, limp-wristed, milk-and-water, namby-pamby, nerveless, soft, spineless, weak, weak-kneed, weakened, weakling, wet [British], wimpish, wimpy, wishy-washy

Words Related to frail

flabby, flaccid, forceless, ineffective, ineffectual

impotent, impuissant, powerless

emasculated, unnerved

lamblike, meek, pliable, submissive

corrupt, dastardly, unprincipled, unscrupulous, villainous

cowardly, craven, fainthearted, lily-livered, nebbishy, poltroon, pusillanimous, sissy, timid

infirm, irresolute, vacillating

Near Antonyms of frail

ethical, good, moral, principled, right, righteous, upright, virtuous

determined, mettlesome, resolute, unrelenting

courageous, stalwart, stouthearted

Antonyms of frail

backboned, firm, hard, strong, tough

5 small in degree

a frail hope of success

Synonyms of frail

fragile, negligible, off, outside, remote, slight, slim, small

Words Related to frail

marginal, minimal, minor

Near Antonyms of frail

distinct, significant

considerable, goodly, healthy, largish, respectable, significant, sizable (or sizeable), substantial, tidy

Antonyms of frail

Synonym Discussion of frail

weak, feeble, frail, fragile, infirm, decrepit mean not strong enough to endure strain, pressure, or strenuous effort. weak applies to deficiency or inferiority in strength or power of any sort.

- felt weak after the surgery

feeble suggests extreme weakness inviting pity or contempt.

- a feeble attempt to walk

frail implies delicacy and slightness of constitution or structure.

- a frail teenager unable to enjoy sports

fragile suggests frailty and brittleness unable to resist rough usage.

- a reclusive poet too fragile for the rigors of this world

infirm suggests instability, unsoundness, and insecurity due to old age or crippling illness.

- infirm residents requiring constant care

decrepit implies being worn-out or broken-down from long use or old age.

- the dowager's decrepit retainers

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