WEAK

adj. 1 feeble, frail, fragile, unsubstantial, flimsy, breakable, frangible, delicate, rickety, unsteady, unsound, decrepit, shaky, infirm That chair is too weak for you to stand on 2 frail, infirm, debilitated, enervated, delicate, sickly, anaemic, wasted, decrepit, puny, effete, worn out, tired, exhausted When I last saw Tindell he was so weak he could hardly lift his brandy glass 3 unassertive, retiring, namby-pamby, spineless, irresolute, impotent, ineffectual, ineffective, incompetent, feckless, inept, wishy-washy, timid, meek, craven, timorous, cowardly, pusillanimous, lily-livered, chicken-hearted, Colloq chicken, yellow We know which is the weaker partner in that marriage, don't we? 4 feeble, lame, half-baked, poor, miserable, unconvincing, unpersuasive, empty, shallow, flimsy, hollow, pathetic, pitiful, unbelievable, untenable Edward made some weak excuse for being late I found Mona's argument against birth control very weak indeed. 5 weak-minded, dim-witted, dull-witted, slow-witted, foolish, feeble-minded, simple, simple-minded, soft-headed, stupid, dull, moronic, imbecilic, Colloq dumb They seek out people of weaker intelligence and make fools of them 6 faint, dim, poor, dull, pale, faded, indistinct, vague, hazy, imperceptible, indiscernible, unclear, blurred, blurry, muzzy, wavering, faltering, ill-defined, feeble, flickering, subdued I could hardly see her face in the weak light of the candle 7 feeble, subdued, low, soft, hushed, muffled, muted, almost inaudible, stifled, indistinct When the victim finally spoke, his voice was very weak 8 See watery, 1, above. 9 weak point. See weakness, 3, below.