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infirmity

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of infirmity

1 an abnormal state that disrupts a plantʼs or animalʼs normal bodily functioning

  • an 18th-century quack who specialized in those mysterious infirmities that are known only to the idle rich
Synonyms of infirmity

affection, ail, ailment, bug, complaint, complication, condition, disease, disorder, distemper, distemperature, fever, ill, illness, malady, sickness, trouble
Words Related to infirmity

contagion, contagious disease

contagium, infection

attack, bout, fit, spell

debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, lameness, sickliness, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unwellness, weakness

malaise, matter, pip

epidemic, pest, pestilence, plague
Near Antonyms of infirmity

fitness, healthiness, heartiness, robustness, soundness, wholeness, wholesomeness

fettle, shape
Antonyms of infirmity

health, wellness

2 the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor

  • a period of infirmity left the athlete completely out of shape
Synonyms of infirmity

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

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 infirmity

energy, vitality

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

hardness, ruggedness, stoutness, sturdiness, toughness

health, healthiness, soundness, wellness
Antonyms of infirmity

hardihood, hardiness, robustness, strength, vigor

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