FRAILTIES Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

frailties

noun

plural of frailty

as in weaknesses

a defect in character selfishness is a common human frailty

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Recent Examples of frailties Colombia could test Portugal’s defensive frailties with a combination of skill and pace. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 June 2026 Mundo and Diana’s world is more stark, its colors stripped away to show the toll of life’s frailties on the couple. — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 25 May 2026 Those traits historically idolized as feminine frailties (or diagnosed as feminine neuroses) are here reenvisioned as sources of extraordinary talent. — Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026 Just as her characters tussle with the frailties installed during their upbringings, Strout, the daughter of a schoolteacher mother and parasitologist father who was also a congregationalist deacon, has reckoned with her roots. — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 28 Apr. 2026 Both larger-than-life characters have their frailties. — Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Mar. 2026 Okrent highlights the emotional frailties that coexisted with the brilliance and generosity. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026 Jackson’s other frailties were evident long before that diagnosis. — John Blake, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026 What the memoir mainly does is reassure you that Gavin Newsom is a person with frailties and failings. — Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026

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Noun

The show’s significant weaknesses, then, seem all the more tragic.

— Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 9 Aug. 2026
Committed employees are often the most willing to compensate for an organization’s weaknesses.

— Brian Eason, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of weaknesses

Noun

Fans of improv, musicals and audience participation will thoroughly enjoy this performance and should be prepared to repent for sins like eating a hamburger, owning too many snakes or yearning for a younger man.

— Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 9 Aug. 2026
Seven of our contributors gamely shared (some of) their secret sins.

— Sabrina Jaszi, The Dial, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of sins

Noun

Clinicians and patients who struggle through this interim process may become less inclined to advocate for its expansion, while policymakers may see lower uptake as a sign of limited demand rather than evidence of operational shortcomings.

— Jeffrey Millstein, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026
While the Endangered Species Act has shortcomings, once these changes go into effect next month, even fewer protections will exist, Boyles said.

— Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026

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