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weakness
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of WEAKNESS
1
the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor <the flu left me with such overwhelming weakness that I could hardly stand>
Synonyms asthenia, debilitation, debility, delicacy, enervation, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, fragility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, languidness, languor, listlessness, lowness, wimpiness
Related Words 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 energy, vitality; brawniness, fitness, heftiness, huskiness, lustiness, muscularity, virility; hardness, ruggedness, stoutness, sturdiness, toughness; health, healthiness, soundness, wellness
2
the quality or state of lacking strength of will or character <in a moment of weakness he shoplifted the comic book>
Related Words collapse; failing, flaw, foible, peccadillo; evil, immorality, wickedness; corruption, corruptness
Near Antonyms discipline, self-discipline; goodness, integrity, morality, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, uprightness, virtuousness
3
a defect in character <his one weakness is his cockeyed optimism about everything>
Related Words blot, spot, stain; blemish, deficiency, flaw, imperfection, minus, nit; Achilles' heel, soft spot; corruption, depravity, evil, immorality, sinfulness, wickedness
Near Antonyms excellence, perfection; goodness, integrity, morality, probity, rectitude, righteousness
4
the quality or state of having little resistance to some outside agent <the devastating weakness of the immune system that is experienced by people with AIDS>
Related Words helplessness, powerlessness; passiveness, passivity; feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity; exposure, liability, openness, predisposition, proneness, sensitivity; receptiveness, receptivity; easiness, gullibility, naïveté (also naivete or naiveté); credulity, credulousness
Antonyms invulnerability
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