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DEBILE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does debile mean?
• DEBILE (adjective)
The adjective DEBILE has 1 sense:
1. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
Familiarity information: DEBILE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
Synonyms:
debile; decrepit; feeble; infirm; rickety; sapless; weak; weakly
Context example:
her body looked sapless
Similar:
frail (physically weak)
Derivation:
debility (the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age))
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