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frailty

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of frailty

1 a defect in character

selfishness is a common human frailty

Synonyms of frailty

demerit, dereliction, failing, fault, foible, shortcoming, sin, vice, want, weakness

Words Related to frailty

blot, spot, stain

blemish, deficiency, flaw, imperfection, minus, nit

Achillesʼ heel, soft spot

corruption, depravity, evil, immorality, sinfulness, wickedness

Phrases Synonymous with frailty

feet of clay

Near Antonyms of frailty

excellence, perfection

goodness, integrity, morality, probity, rectitude, righteousness

Antonyms of frailty

2 the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor

frailty doesn't affect all elderly people, for many are indeed healthy and strong

Synonyms of frailty

asthenia, debilitation, debility, delicacy, enervation, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, fragility, frailness, infirmity, languidness, languor, listlessness, lowness, weakness, wimpiness

Words Related to frailty

decay, decrepitude

breakdown, collapse, prostration

exhaustion, fatigue, lassitude, weariness

defenselessness, helplessness, impotence, impuissance, powerlessness

effeteness, softness, tenderness

disablement, incapacitation, invalidism

damage, harm, hurt, impairment, injury

Near Antonyms of frailty

energy, vitality

brawniness, fitness, heftiness, huskiness, lustiness, muscularity, virility

hardness, ruggedness, stoutness, sturdiness, toughness

health, healthiness, soundness, wellness

Antonyms of frailty

hardihood, hardiness, robustness, strength, vigor

3 the quality or state of lacking strength of will or character

the frailty shown by the apostle Peter when he denied Jesus three times

Synonyms of frailty

frailness, softness, spinelessness, weakness, wimpiness, wimpishness, wishy-washiness

Words Related to frailty

failing, flaw, foible, peccadillo

evil, immorality, wickedness

corruption, corruptness

Near Antonyms of frailty

discipline, self-discipline

goodness, integrity, morality, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, uprightness, virtuousness

Antonyms of frailty

backbone, chutzpah (also chutzpa), firmness, fortitude, hardihood, mettle, moxie, nerve, resoluteness, strength, toughness

Synonym Discussion of frailty

fault, failing, frailty, foible, vice mean an imperfection or weakness of character. fault implies a failure, not necessarily culpable, to reach some standard of perfection in disposition, action, or habit.

- a writer of many virtues and few faults

failing suggests a minor shortcoming in character.

- being late is a failing of mine

frailty implies a general or chronic proneness to yield to temptation.

- human frailties

foible applies to a harmless or endearing weakness or idiosyncrasy.

- an eccentric's charming foibles

vice can be a general term for any imperfection or weakness, but it often suggests violation of a moral code or the giving of offense to the moral sensibilities of others.

- compulsive gambling was his vice

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