feeble

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

fee·ble [feeble feebler feeblest] BrE [ˈfiːbl] NAmE [ˈfiːbl] adjective (fee·blerBrE [ˈfiːblə(r)] ; NAmE [ˈfiːblər] , feeb·lestBrE [ˈfiːblɪst] ; NAmE [ˈfiːblɪst] )
1. very weak
•a feeble old man
•The heartbeat was feeble and irregular.
2. not effective; not showing determination or energy
•a feeble argument/excuse/joke
•a feeble attempt to explain
•Don't be so feeble! Tell her you don't want to go.
Derived Words: ↑feebleness ▪ ↑feebly

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French fieble, earlier fleible, from Latin flebilis ‘lamentable’, from flere ‘weep’.

Example Bank:
•He told a few feeble jokes.
•He's a bit feeble nowadays.
•She made a feeble attempt to explain what had happened.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  nerveless, decrepit, debile, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly, faint, lame