INFIRMITY


Meaning of INFIRMITY in English

noun

1.

the quality or state of being enfeebled and weakened in health

suffering from old age and attendant physical infirmity

Synonyms: debility, decrepitude, disease, feebleness, infirmness, malaise, sickliness, unhealthiness; compare disease 1, sickness 1

Related Word: debilitation, decay, enfeeblement, failing, frailty, weakening, weakness; diseasedness, unwellness; illness, indisposition, sickness, unhealth

Antonyms: haleness

2.

Synonyms: disease 1, affection, ailment, complaint, condition, disorder, ill, malady, sickness, syndrome

3.

Synonyms: sickness 1, affliction, diseasedness, disorder, illness, indisposition, unhealth

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