Definition:
- (v. i.) Wanting physical strength.
- (v. i.) Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted.
- (v. i.) Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope.
- (v. i.) Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship.
- (v. i.) Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant.
- (v. i.) Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress.
- (v. i.) Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint.
- (v. i.) Not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated with the usual or required ingredients, or with stimulating and nourishing substances; of less than the usual strength; as, weak tea, broth, or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a weak dose of medicine.
- (v. i.) Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army.
- (v. i.) Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral, or political strength, vigor, etc.
- (v. i.) Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor; spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate.
- (v. i.) Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
- (v. i.) Not having full confidence or conviction; not decided or confirmed; vacillating; wavering.
- (v. i.) Not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as, weak resolutions; weak virtue.
- (v. i.) Wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a weak sense of honor of duty.
- (v. i.) Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained; as, a weak argument or case.
- (v. i.) Wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak sentence; a weak style.
- (v. i.) Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
- (v. i.) Lacking in elements of political strength; not wielding or having authority or energy; deficient in the resources that are essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak monarch; a weak government or state.
- (v. i.) Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market.
- (v. i.) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the suffix -ed, -d, or the variant form -t; as in the verbs abash, abashed; abate, abated; deny, denied; feel, felt. See Strong, 19 (a).
- (v. i.) Pertaining to, or designating, a noun in Anglo-Saxon, etc., the stem of which ends in -n. See Strong, 19 (b).
- (a.) To make or become weak; to weaken.
Compare weak with other words:
brawny vs. weak
seak vs. weak
reak vs. weak
meak vs. weak
weak vs. weka
weak vs. welk
weak vs. werk
tweak vs. weak
teak vs. weak
peak vs. weak
leak vs. weak
weak vs. wean
weak vs. weal
beak vs. weak
sedentary vs. weak
weak vs. wear
dim vs. weak
dead vs. weak
mortal vs. weak
sensitive vs. weak
foolishness vs. weak
weak vs. wreak
noble vs. weak
inept vs. weak
helpless vs. weak
gang vs. weak
feckless vs. weak
flabby vs. weak
evanid vs. weak
weak vs. wreakless
overweak vs. weak
dotish vs. weak
puler vs. weak
pithless vs. weak
weak vs. weakish
lustless vs. weak
tire vs. weak
sapless vs. weak
harness vs. weak
weak vs. weary
bad vs. weak
novice vs. weak
lazy vs. weak
mild vs. weak
exhausted vs. weak
deficient vs. weak
shaky vs. weak
sick vs. weak
debilitated vs. weak
doited vs. weak
impuissant vs. weak
evirate vs. weak
attenuated vs. weak
thready vs. weak
mewl vs. weak
weak vs. weedy
effete vs. weak
scrawny vs. weak
retrospect vs. weak
weak vs. wuss
humble vs. weak
poor vs. weak
fragile vs. weak
languid vs. weak
emasculate vs. weak
flimsy vs. weak
stalwart vs. weak
jiggle vs. weak
durable vs. weak
ineffectual vs. weak
unwieldy vs. weak
vulnerability vs. weak
weak vs. wickerwork
weak vs. weakly
languish vs. weak
vulnerable vs. weak
impotent vs. weak
dribble vs. weak
nesh vs. weak
slight vs. weak
dunce vs. weak
sop vs. weak
soft vs. weak
brave vs. weak
delicate vs. weak
weak vs. weakness
weak vs. weakling
weak vs. weaken
potent vs. weak
robust vs. weak
powerful vs. weak
healthy vs. weak
dilute vs. weak
watery vs. weak
powerless vs. weak
frail vs. weak
feeble vs. weak
uncool vs. weak
decay vs. weak
nuclear vs. weak
fundamental vs. weak
inflection vs. weak
potency vs. weak
taste vs. weak
ability vs. weak
force vs. weak
strong vs. weak
effect vs. weak
decline vs. weak
wake vs. weak
stank vs. weak
beautiful vs. weak
bull vs. weak
regular vs. weak
weak vs. young
weak vs. week