Weak

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