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Synonyms for frail
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frailnoun
the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
Antonyms:
broad-shouldered, unbreakable, cast-iron, strapping, burly, sturdy, big-boned, hardy, heavy-armed, vigorous, buirdly, stout, nonhuman, half-hardy, chesty, big-shouldered, robust, beefy, big-chested, husky, square-shouldered, stalwart, iron, square-builtfrailadjective
a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
Antonyms:
buirdly, big-chested, broad-shouldered, square-built, big-shouldered, beefy, big-boned, hardy, husky, sturdy, heavy-armed, robust, stout, stalwart, iron, vigorous, square-shouldered, burly, strapping, unbreakable, cast-iron, chesty, nonhuman, half-hardyfrailadjective
physically weak
"an invalid's frail body"
Synonyms:
fallible, fragile, imperfect, weak, delicateAntonyms:
broad-shouldered, husky, heavy-armed, chesty, buirdly, stalwart, burly, square-built, vigorous, big-chested, cast-iron, stout, iron, robust, nonhuman, unbreakable, sturdy, hardy, beefy, big-boned, big-shouldered, square-shouldered, half-hardy, strappingfallible, frail, imperfect, weakadjective
wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
"I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity"
Synonyms:
weak, watery, infirm, unaccented, weakly, imperfect, rickety, debile, delicate, sapless, washy, faint, decrepit, light, fallible, feeble, fragileAntonyms:
buirdly, nonhuman, half-hardy, big-shouldered, vigorous, burly, broad-shouldered, robust, chesty, stalwart, stout, husky, hardy, square-shouldered, big-chested, cast-iron, square-built, sturdy, iron, unbreakable, big-boned, beefy, strapping, heavy-armeddelicate, fragile, frailadjective
easily broken or damaged or destroyed
"a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"
Synonyms:
delicate, slight, fallible, imperfect, tenuous, ticklish, soft, fragile, touchy, thin, flimsy, weak, finespunAntonyms:
hardy, iron, husky, chesty, burly, big-boned, square-shouldered, strapping, stalwart, broad-shouldered, vigorous, heavy-armed, cast-iron, big-shouldered, stout, nonhuman, unbreakable, half-hardy, square-built, buirdly, sturdy, robust, big-chested, beefy
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
frailadjective
Synonyms:
fragile, frangible, BRITTLE, easily broken (across)frailadjective
frailadjective
Synonyms:
liable to err, easily led astray, of infirm virtue
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#613 | light | |
#2052 | soft | |
#4320 | ill | |
#4349 | thin | |
#4358 | sick | |
#4981 | weak | |
#7516 | slight | |
#7827 | worn | |
#8215 | failing | |
#11658 | delicate | |
#12155 | humble | |
#12442 | wasted | |
#14236 | fragile | |
#14778 | exhausted | |
#15135 | faint | |
#21090 | imperfect | |
#21801 | weakly | |
#23834 | unhealthy | |
#28282 | brittle | |
#31313 | feeble | |
#32523 | frail | |
#33192 | diseased | |
#34653 | watery | |
#44059 | flimsy | |
#44199 | fainting | |
#45210 | touchy | |
#47843 | tenuous | |
#48122 | ticklish | |
#50076 | mutable | |
#53805 | unsound | |
#58852 | infirm | |
#70794 | decrepit | |
#80235 | fallible | |
#81924 | rickety | |
#89296 | emaciated | |
#93409 | erring | |
#94903 | washy | |
#185651 | irresolute | |
#232264 | unaccented | |
#271548 | debile |
How to use frail in a sentence?
I saw him four or five weeks ago. Very frail, but still, oftentimes with a pocket square, and looking like he stepped out of ‘Hunt Country’ magazine.
She was extremely frail and she was burned, but yet could very clearly articulate what happened, where she was, fear, everything that you would expect, i’m so proud of her and I know one day I’ll see her, although my heart will be forever broken without her.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the unlimitable superior who reveals Himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds. That deeply emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God
The FHI has specified the advice that has been valid all the time, that one should have an assessment of each and every one before offering the vaccine, these are people who are very old, are frail and have serious diseases.
The memories of men are too frail a thread to hang history from.
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