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Meaning of "weak-kneedness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WEAK-KNEEDNESS

weak-kneedness  [ˌwiːkˈniːdnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WEAK-KNEEDNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Weak-Kneedness 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 WEAK-KNEEDNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of weak-kneedness in the English dictionary

The definition of weak-kneedness in the dictionary is tendency to yield readily to force, persuasion, intimidation, etc.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WEAK-KNEEDNESS


absurdness
æbˈsɜːdnəs
blondeness
ˈblɒndnəs
blurredness
ˈblɜːdnəs
boundedness
ˈbaʊndɪdnəs
centeredness
ˈsɛntədnəs
conceitedness
kənˈsiːtɪdnəs
connectedness
kəˈnektɪdnəs
continuedness
kənˈtɪnjuːdnəs
frowardness
ˈfrəʊədnəs
giftedness
ˈɡɪftɪdnəs
grandness
ˈɡrændnəs
light-headedness
ˌlaɪtˈhɛdɪdnəs
lividness
ˈlɪvɪdnəs
nudeness
ˈnjuːdnəs
relatedness
rɪˈleɪtɪdnəs
renewedness
rɪˈnjuːdnəs
seedness
ˈsiːdnəs
subduedness
səbˈdjuːdnəs
towardness
təˈwɔːdnəs
untowardness
ˌʌntəˈwɔːdnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WEAK-KNEEDNESS

weak interaction
weak link
weak nuclear force
weak nuclear interaction
weak point
weak sister
weak spot
weak verb
weak-kneed
weak-kneedly
weak-minded
weak-mindedly
weak-mindedness
weak-willed
weaken
weakener
weakening
weaker sex
weakest link
weakfish

WORDS THAT END LIKE WEAK-KNEEDNESS

awkwardness
baldness
blindness
boldness
business
fondness
goodness
hardness
indebtedness
kindness
loudness
madness
mindedness
oddness
preparedness
redness
sadness
soundness
tiredness
weirdness
wickedness

Synonyms and antonyms of weak-kneedness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «weak-kneedness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WEAK-KNEEDNESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

弱kneedness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

débil - kneedness
570 millions of speakers

English

weak-kneedness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कमजोर kneedness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضعيف kneedness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слабого kneedness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

weak- kneedness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুর্বল-kneedness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faible - kneedness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kelemahan diri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwach kneedness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

弱kneedness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

약한 kneedness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Banget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

yếu kneedness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பலவீனமான kneedness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुर्बलता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Zayıf-kneedness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

debole - kneedness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

słaby - kneedness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

слабкого kneedness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

slab - kneedness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αδύναμη - kneedness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swak kneedness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

svag - kneedness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

svak - kneedness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of weak-kneedness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WEAK-KNEEDNESS»

The term «weak-kneedness» is barely ever used and occupies the 212.083 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WEAK-KNEEDNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «weak-kneedness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «weak-kneedness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about weak-kneedness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WEAK-KNEEDNESS»

Discover the use of weak-kneedness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to weak-kneedness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The 2006 Official Handbook of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy
The Left may reject the notion that it's better to “die standing than live on your knees,”but neither American nor Israeli conservatives subscribe to this weak- kneedness. Israel has no obligation to commit suicide for the convenience of the  ...
Mark W. Smith, 2008
2
The Bed-Book of Happiness
Flourishing a wretched grammar in one hand, he proceeded rapidly to demonstrate its ineptness, and sternly to demand my explanation. As my weak- kneedness grew more painfully evident— So scented the grim feature, and upturned His ...
Harold Begbie, 2012
3
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War
... the men kept their places, and I at one time went in front and dressed them to the right, they coming up as coolly as on battalion drill. As for myself, after the first fire I felt none of the weak-kneedness, but took all things as coolly as though I ...
Peter Cozzens, 2007
4
City Life in Japan
(The marital quarrels of one of my neighbours which the inadequacies of Japanese domestic architecture permitted me to hear with considerable frequency, often centred on the weak-kneedness, the good-for-nothing lack of initiative and drive ...
Ron P. Dore, 2013
5
The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant
With the failure of a prophet to convince landlords and farmers, Codling felt that his weak-kneedness might be justified. The Rev. Henry Slocome's services were therefore secured, and notices of the coming meeting were posted on the church  ...
Alexander Johnstone Wilson
6
That Other World: Personal Experiences of Mystics and Their ...
From gathering useful information through their fatuous gabble and making valuable deductions from their queries, to moulding them, in their weak- kneedness, to advance ideas suitable for their purpose, the enemy, I fear, will have struck oil in ...
Stuart C. Cumberland, 2011
7
The Wounded Heart: Writing on Cherríe Moraga
The white people I am have sucked dry the bones of the colored worn their own resistance down by a quiet weak-kneedness made to resemble patience. (102- 103) Such representations of whiteness in TLG depart from what Dorothy Allison  ...
Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano, 2011
8
Marita, Or, The Folly of Love: A Novel by A. Native
... of Sierra Leone to the English People', in which he also told his Creole audience that any discriminatory treatment they received from the Colonial Office resulted from their own intellectual 'weak-kneedness'.141 While this '"Jenkins 1985:75.
A. Native, Stephanie Newell, 2002
9
City Life in Japan: A Study of a Tokyo Ward
(The marital quarrels of one of my neighbours which the inadequacies of Japanese domestic architecture permitted me to hear with considerable frequency, often centred on the weak-kneedness, the good-for-nothing lack of initiative and drive ...
Ronald Philip Dore, 1999
10
The South African Medical Record
If there was any weak-kneedness in the Council, they were not bound to imitate that weak- kneedness. Dr. Hugh Smith withdrew his amendment, and the original motion was carried item. con. Dr. Fuller moved that the Branch at its next annual ...
‎1908

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WEAK-KNEEDNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term weak-kneedness is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Middle East will never be the same: Why the Iran pact is a …
... war hawks will fuss endlessly about the nightmare to come, as well as the weak-kneedness of the president and his “delusional” secretary of state, John Kerry. «Salon, Jul 15»
2
How the Balance of Power Has Shifted Profoundly in the Mideast
... war hawks will fuss endlessly about the nightmare to come, as well as the weak-kneedness of the president and his “delusional” secretary of state, John Kerry. «AlterNet, Jul 15»
3
Orbán and the wind from the east
... berating it for neo-imperialism and shenanigans on energy security, and complaining about Western weak-kneedness towards the threat from the east. «The Economist, Nov 11»
4
Washington and Tehran Come in From the Cold
... war hawks will fuss endlessly about the nightmare to come, as well as the weak-kneedness of the president and his “delusional” secretary of state, John Kerry. «Antiwar.com, Sep 04»

REFERENCE
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