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freɪlfrail
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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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Words popularity by usage frequency
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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?
They had told him they couldn’t do anymore treatment because he was too weak, his immune system and body were so frail.
The memories of men are too frail a thread to hang history from.
The gap in the boards appears to be maybe eight inches, and Mary was certainly very frail, but it's hard for me to believe that a person could step on a board, and their entire body would go down a crack that is two inches wider than a dollar bill.
I think watching her frail but tough spirit made me just feel a special connection with her.
He's an old frail man and I fear this lashing sentence is potentially a death sentence for him, that's our biggest concern, which is why we are trying to raise the case now to get him out.
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