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PRONUNCIATION OF WEAK-WILLED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WEAK-WILLED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Weak-Willed is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES WEAK-WILLED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of weak-willed in the English dictionary

The definition of weak-willed in the dictionary is lacking strength of will.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WEAK-WILLED

weak point
weak sister
weak spot
weak verb
weak-kneed
weak-kneedly
weak-kneedness
weak-minded
weak-mindedly
weak-mindedness
weaken
weakener
weakening
weaker sex
weakest link
weakfish
weakhearted
weakish
weakishly
weakishness

WORDS THAT END LIKE WEAK-WILLED

called
char-grilled
chilled
devilled
filled
frilled
fulfilled
gold-filled
grilled
instilled
milled
skilled
stencilled
strong-willed
thrilled
unbilled
undrilled
unfilled
unfulfilled
unskilled
willed

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

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WEAK-WILLED»

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

Translation of «weak-willed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WEAK-WILLED

Find out the translation of weak-willed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of weak-willed 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-willed» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

意志薄弱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

voluntad débil
570 millions of speakers

English

weak-willed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कमजोर इच्छाशक्ति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضعيف الإرادة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

безвольный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sem força de vontade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুর্বল উদ্দাম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

velléitaires
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lemah lembut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

willensschwach
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

意志の弱い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

의지가 약한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Banget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

yếu ý chí
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பலவீனமான-உயில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कमकुवत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zayıf iradeli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

velleitario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

słabej woli
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безвольний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

slab - voință
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άβουλη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

willose
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

viljesvag
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

svak vilje
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of weak-willed

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WEAK-WILLED»

The term «weak-willed» is regularly used and occupies the 71.198 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WEAK-WILLED» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WEAK-WILLED»

Discover the use of weak-willed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to weak-willed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Character, Virtue Theories, and the Vices
This makes it look as though the account of morality provided in The Metaphysics of Morals and in Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone can capture the difference between wicked behaviour and weak-willed behaviour. Kant's account of ...
Christine McKinnon, 1999
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The Everything Parent's Guide To The Strong-Willed Child: An ...
One way to appreciate a strong-willed child is to contrast the boy or girl with another child—one who is weak-willed. Some characteristics ofweak-willed children include the following: Depends on others for direction: “Whatever you decide is ...
Carl E. Pickhardt, 2005
3
Do You Think I'm Beautiful?: The Question Every Woman Asks
Weak-willed women. Where did that little jab come from? How can I read my Bible for years and miss stuff like that? I probably always thought Paul was talking about someone else, women back in Bible days, but not me. I could never be a ...
Angela Thomas, 2005
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The Good Rebel: Understanding Freedom and Morality
Is it better to be weak-willed or ignorant? Aristotle80 and Aquinas1" both argue that it is better to be weak-willed. Ignorant agents are in a worse situation than weak-willed agents, because they identify with their wicked choice. Weak-willed ...
Louis Groarke, 2002
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Porn and Tacos
The “Weak Willed” religious people are much more complicated than the “Weak Minded” folk. These are the people that really are intelligent enough to realize that religious stuff is probably bullshit, and that it is really just outdated life lessons ...
Nicholas Babel, 2010
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Backsliding: Understanding Weakness of Will
The thought is that one cannot explain how a weak-willed action happens by appealing to a weak-willed action in the explanans. However, this argument cannot support argument B. The procedural claim that one cannot explain, for the  ...
Alfred R. Mele, 2012
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Personality Assessment in Depth: A Casebook
(Weak-willed man?) Well, the mother says the main thing is that the man should make a good living and treat her right, and she'll be okay. If he's not weak-willed but a strong-willed man, then he might not want to work or he won't treat her right  ...
Marshall L. Silverstein, 2013
8
Food for Thought: Philosophy and Food
Let us return to the weak-willed glutton, the person who thinks that what he is doing is excessive and inappropriate, but still does it. The phenomenon of moral weakness, in the sense of thinking that one ought not to do a thing but still doing it, ...
Elizabeth Telfer, 2012
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Intentionality, Deliberation and Autonomy: The ...
which of her pro-attitudes the agent wants to be effective, she typically oscillates between the pro-attitudes in favour of the weak-willed action on the one hand, and the pro-attitude which supports the rival action on the other. So condition (3) for ...
Professor Christoph Lumer, Mr Sandro Nannini, 2012
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The Bounds of Agency: An Essay in Revisionary Metaphysics
last claim, since weak-willed actions are plausibly construed as deliberate failures to realize the universal goal of agency. However, this does not really undermine the claim altogether; it merely points to the need for an important qualification.
Carol Rovane, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WEAK-WILLED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term weak-willed is used in the context of the following news items.
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Woe The Weak-Willed Celebrity
Whenever high-profile celebrities die, the story is often the same: a torrent of glowing memorials and fond remembrances, followed closely by stories about their ... «Financial Advisor Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Aquino told: Don't stoop down to 'weak-willed' Binay's level
He is weak-willed and cannot confront President Aquino directly. You should tell your grievances to the person directly. But he just cannot do it,” the senator said. «Inquirer.net, Jun 15»
3
Healthy Barbecue Swaps to Consider
Barbecues are not for the weak-willed. You may think you care about your bikini body or avoiding a “dad bod,” but when faced with the glorious array of options ... «The Daily Meal, Jun 15»
4
This Is Why Weak-Willed Scott Walker Is Not the Right Man for the Job
As I explained last week, Republicans need to nominate a warrior if they want to defeat Hillary Clinton next year. The biggest possible mistake they can make is ... «PJ Media, Mar 15»
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David Horowitz dishes it out to liberals (ie, tells the truth)
... the empowering of Islamic radicals, the baseless charges of treason against Republicans and the weak-willed response of many of these very Republicans is ... «American Thinker, Sep 14»
6
Scottish referendum: my swithering came to an end, and now I'm …
'I was one of the weak-willed undecided, up until the point when my pencil hovered over the ballot.' Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images. Friday 19 ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
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Basketball Training App PROOF Emphasizes Proper Movements …
Basketball is not for the timid or the weak-willed. And no matter how easy the professionals or EA SPORTS' NBA LIVE 14 makes it look, players need a solemn ... «Latin Post, Sep 14»
8
It's time to treat smoking as an addiction
... smoking-cessation programs we commonly employ are utterly ineffective because they are based on outdated notions such as smokers being weak-willed. «The Globe and Mail, Jan 14»
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STUDY: Fat Shaming In The Media Actually Ends Up Backfiring
When overweight women are exposed to media stories that characterize obesity as a result of being lazy, weak-willed, or self-indulgent, they're likely to feel ... «ThinkProgress, Jan 14»
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Cheating Men: Weak-Willed or Equipped with a Strong Sex Drive?
Do I Tell Her I Cheated? If you want to save your relationship, there's a right way to fess up to the biggest of dating sins. When it comes to being tempted by the ... «Men's Fitness, Sep 13»

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