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Synonyms for INFIRM
ɪnˈfɜrmin·firm
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decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weaklyadjective
lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
"a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
Synonyms:
weak, watery, infirm, unaccented, washy, shaky, weakly, debile, rickety, woebegone, lame, rachitic, nerveless, run-down, wonky, imperfect, creaky, faint, frail, decrepit, light, fallible, flea-bitten, wobbly, feeble, derelict, saplessinfirmadjective
lacking firmness of will or character or purpose
"infirm of purpose; give me the daggers" - Shakespeare
Synonyms:
sapless, weakly, debile, weak, feeble, rickety, decrepit
Dictionary of English Synonymes
infirmadjective
Synonyms:
weak (from age), feeble, enfeebled, decrepit, imbecile, not stronginfirmadjective
Synonyms:
irresolute, vacillating, wavering, faltering
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#613 | light | |
#4320 | ill | |
#4358 | sick | |
#4981 | weak | |
#8215 | failing | |
#13785 | lame | |
#15135 | faint | |
#17142 | deficient | |
#21090 | imperfect | |
#21801 | weakly | |
#26033 | cripple | |
#30673 | shaky | |
#31313 | feeble | |
#32523 | frail | |
#34653 | watery | |
#44435 | derelict | |
#50319 | wobbly | |
#53805 | unsound | |
#58852 | infirm | |
#70794 | decrepit | |
#80235 | fallible | |
#81924 | rickety | |
#87233 | wonky | |
#94903 | washy | |
#101223 | creaky | |
#182470 | enfeebled | |
#185651 | irresolute | |
#232264 | unaccented | |
#271548 | debile | |
#281217 | nerveless | |
#295809 | woebegone |
How to use INFIRM in a sentence?
I hope that current members of Congress recall that it actually doesn’t take a lot of courage to aid those who are already powerful … but it does require some courage to champion the vulnerable and the sick and the infirm and those who often have no access to the corridors of power, i hope they understand that courage means not simply doing what is politically expedient, but doing what they believe deep in their hearts is right.
There is a greater need for strict and stringent bans of public events that total more than 1,000 persons. Businesses large and small must ease the rules governing compensation for American workers who take time off for sick days, elderly and infirm in America need to be attended to more vigilantly, aggressively and carefully before young members the population are attended to.
Grant health to the infirm and inspire all men and women of good will to seek the best ways possible to overcome the current health crisis and its effects.
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