'Vulnerable' definitions:
Definition of 'vulnerable'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Susceptible to attack; "a vulnerable bridge" [ant: invulnerable]
adjective
Susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation; "vulnerable to bribery"; "an argument vulnerable to refutation"
adjective
Capable of being wounded or hurt; "vulnerable parts of the body"
Definition of 'Vulnerable'
From: GCIDE
- Vulnerable \Vul"ner*a*ble\, a. [L. vulnerabilis wounding, injurious, from vulnerare to wound, vulnus a wound; akin to Skr. vra?a: cf. F. vuln['e]rable.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Capable of being wounded; susceptible of wounds or external injuries; as, a vulnerable body. [1913 Webster]
- Achilles was vulnerable in his heel; and there will be wanting a Paris to infix the dart. --Dr. T. Dwight. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Liable to injury; subject to be affected injuriously; assailable; as, a vulnerable reputation. [1913 Webster]
- His skill in finding out the vulnerable parts of strong minds was consummate. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vulnerable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aidless,
- answerable for,
- apt to,
- assailable,
- attackable,
- beatable,
- breakable,
- brittle,
- brittle as glass,
- capable of,
- conquerable,
- crackable,
- crisp,
- crispy,
- crumbly,
- crushable,
- defenseless,
- delicate,
- dependent on,
- exposed to,
- expugnable,
- fatherless,
- fissile,
- flimsy,
- fracturable,
- fragile,
- frail,
- frangible,
- friable,
- friendless,
- guideless,
- helpless,
- in danger of,
- incident to,
- lacerable,
- leaderless,
- liable to,
- likely to,
- motherless,
- naked to,
- obliged to,
- open to,
- penetrable,
- pregnable,
- prone to,
- ready for,
- responsible for,
- scissile,
- shatterable,
- shattery,
- shivery,
- splintery,
- standing to,
- subject to,
- surmountable,
- susceptive to,
- unfriended,
- unprotected,
- untenable,
- vincible,
- weak,
- within range of