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The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not to supply the intellect, but to fortify the feebleness of human resolutions.
Sydney Smith

Meaning of "feebleness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FEEBLENESS

feebleness  [ˈfiːblnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FEEBLENESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Feebleness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FEEBLENESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Feeble-minded

The term feeble-minded was used from the late nineteenth century in Great Britain, Europe and the United States for disorders later referred to as illnesses or deficiencies of the mind. At the time, mental deficiency encompassed all degrees of educational and social deficiency. Within the concept of mental deficiency, researchers established a hierarchy, ranging from idiocy, at the most severe end of the scale; to imbecility, at the median point; and to feeble-mindedness at the highest end of functioning. The latter was conceived of as a form of high-grade mental deficiency. The development of the ranking system of mental deficiency has been attributed to Sir Charles Trevelyan in 1876, and was associated with the rise of eugenics. The term and hierarchy had been used in that sense at least ten years previously. "Wild card" terms outside the established hierarchy such as idiot savant, may have been used as connotations for varying degrees of autism.

Definition of feebleness in the English dictionary

The definition of feebleness in the dictionary is the state or condition of being feeble.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FEEBLENESS


comparableness
ˈkɒmpərəblnɪs
coolness
ˈkuːlnɪs
disagreeableness
ˌdɪsəˈɡrɪəblnɪs
faithfulness
ˈfeɪθfʊlnɪs
fruitfulness
ˈfruːtfʊlnɪs
fullness
ˈfʊlnɪs
helpfulness
ˈhelpfʊlnɪs
hospitableness
hɒsˈpɪtəblnɪs
humbleness
ˈhʌmblnɪs
illness
ˈɪlnɪs
likeableness
ˈlaɪkəblnɪs
mindfulness
ˈmaɪndfʊlnɪs
nimbleness
ˈnɪmblnɪs
nobleness
ˈnəʊblnɪs
reasonableness
ˈriːznəblnɪs
sensibleness
ˈsɛnsəblnɪs
stillness
ˈstɪlnɪs
truthfulness
ˈtruːθfʊlnɪs
unreasonableness
ʌnˈriːznəblnɪs
usefulness
ˈjuːsfʊlnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FEEBLENESS

fee simple
fee tail
fee-paying
fee-paying school
fee-splitting
feeb
feeble
feeble-minded
feeble-mindedly
feeble-mindedness
feeblish
feebly
feed
feed grains
feed-in tariff
feedable
feedback
feedbag
feedbox
feeder

WORDS THAT END LIKE FEEBLENESS

adhesiveness
appropriateness
attentiveness
attractiveness
awareness
awesomeness
brand awareness
business
closeness
competitiveness
completeness
cost-effectiveness
cuteness
effectiveness
hoarseness
likeness
oneness
responsiveness
self-awareness
soreness
uniqueness

Synonyms and antonyms of feebleness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FEEBLENESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «feebleness» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of feebleness

Translation of «feebleness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FEEBLENESS

Find out the translation of feebleness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of feebleness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «feebleness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

衰弱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

debilidad
570 millions of speakers

English

feebleness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्षीणता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضعف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слабость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fraqueza
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নির্জীবতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faiblesse
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kelemahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwäche
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

弱さ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

허약
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Feebleness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhu nhược
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அயர்ந்துபோனதினால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अशक्तपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

güçsüzlük
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

feebleness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

słabość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

слабкість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

slăbiciune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ατονία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swakheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

svaghet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

feebleness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of feebleness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FEEBLENESS»

The term «feebleness» is regularly used and occupies the 78.246 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FEEBLENESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about feebleness

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2 QUOTES WITH «FEEBLENESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word feebleness.
1
Alexander Herzen
I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook, such lack of passion and information, such feebleness of thought.
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Sydney Smith
The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not to supply the intellect, but to fortify the feebleness of human resolutions.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FEEBLENESS»

Discover the use of feebleness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to feebleness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Health for Women: Showing the Causes of Feebleness and the ...
Showing the Causes of Feebleness and the Local Diseases Arising Therefrom : with Full Directions for Self-treatment by Special Exercises George Herbert Taylor . {Q tion of the trunk, necessitated in the act of straightening. In making this ...
George Herbert Taylor, 1879
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Dunglison's American medical library
Secondly. I have observed that, in confirmed dilatation of the air cells, the sign of feebleness of respiration is but little affected by the increase or diminution of the bronchitis, at least as far as we can judge of the latter by the physical signs and ...
Robley Dunglison, 1837
3
Plymouth Pulpit: A Weekly Publication of Sermons Preached by ...
It is, in general, feebleness, weakness ; but, in the spiritual application which it has in the New Testament, it indicates a weakness of a peculiar kind — namely, moral weakness. Feebleness of conception and knowledge in religious things is  ...
Henry Ward Beecher, 1870
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The original Plymouth pulpit
What, then, do we understand by infirmity f It is, in general, feebleness, weakness ; but, in the spiritual application which it has in the New Testament, it indicates a weakness of a peculiar kind — namely, moral weakness. Feebleness of ...
Henry Ward Beecher, Truman Jeremiah Ellinwood, 1870
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Asthenology: or, The art of preserving feeble life: and of ...
Feebleness from tenderness. After violent extension, no regular contraction follows. 1st this state there is a weak connection of the fibres, which are therefore easily torn. 3. Feebleness from a want of vital power. According to Brown, feebleness ...
Christian August Struve, 1801
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Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Physic
Let us now examine the important sign of feebleness of respiration. Of the different signs of incipient phthisis there is none more important than this ; it is to be ascertained by comparison of the corresponding portions of the lungs, and of the ...
William Stokes, John Bell, 1842
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Popular Science
The common characteristic of all these states of mind is feebleness. In the first example you have violent feebleness, impotence ; in the second, cautious feebleness ; in the third, cynical feebleness; but in all cases feebleness springing from a ...
8
The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1836-1845).
Thus, it not unfrequently happens, that such patients are attacked with exacerbations of the bronchial irritation, which may subside under treatment, but during their continuance the physical signs are less an increase of the feebleness of ...
9
The Western Journal of the Medical and Physical Sciences
the first being that of feebleness or overloaded power, the second of irregularity, and the third of permanently quickened circulation \% lias been already stated how incipient plethora, when the redundency is no longer disposed of by the ...
Daniel Drake, 1837
10
Grace Revisited
In the 2 Corinthians 12 passage ("My grace is sufficient for you, for my power ( δύναμιρ) is made perfect in weakness‖) the words „made perfect' can be translated as „accomplished' and „weakness' can be translated as „feebleness'.
Jim B. McClure, Jim McClure, B.A., M.T.S., Ph.D., 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FEEBLENESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term feebleness is used in the context of the following news items.
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MY BIZ: Industrial output loses steam in May | Daily Mail Online
Icra senior economist Aditi Nayar said, “The contraction recorded by consumer goods serves as a reminder of the feebleness of rural demand. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
May industrial output growth slows to 2.2% | mydigitalfc.com
“The contraction recorded by the consumer goods sector in May serves as a reminder of the feebleness of rural demand. The sharp increase in ... «mydigitalfc.com, Jul 15»
3
When it comes to 'Islamic State,' the west just doesn't get it …
We cannot ignore the feebleness of the national army in Iraq (for reasons we have outlined above), whose brigades simply run away when IS ... «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
4
'Spoils Before Dying' Premieres Tonight. Read What Critic - Indiewire
... Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles, featuring Madeline Kahn as an exasperated Dietrich-like diva—and its feebleness is even more pronounced. «Indie Wire, Jul 15»
5
MI5 and 7/7: a matter of resources not powers, just like today
She also pointed to the feebleness of the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee of handpicked MPs and peers and its failure to ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
6
Australia's bowling will be too much for England
Furthermore, if anyone thought it was the relative feebleness of England's batting why the left-hander seemed so overwhelming, then it should ... «Cricbuzz, Jul 15»
7
Luis Nani: Remembering The Good Times
... the physical feebleness, etc, etc, but it's worth remembering that there were some good times too…roughly one a season, if you were lucky. «Who Ate All The Pies, Jul 15»
8
Conclusions from the British GP
But rewind the race to the first lap and look again at the feebleness – there can be no other word – of Bottas's defence – others may choose ... «SkySports, Jul 15»
9
A report from the General Conference Secretary
We may unite our ignorance to His wisdom, our feebleness to His might, our weakness to His unfailing strength. Through Him we may be 'more than conquerors. «Adventist Review, Jul 15»
10
Game recap: Athletics 2, Mariners 0
After clouting four two-run bombs Friday night, tying a franchise record, the Mariners offense reverted to feebleness Saturday in a 2-0 loss to the ... «Sportspress Northwest, Jul 15»

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