'Weakness' definitions:
Definition of 'weakness'
(from WordNet)
noun
A flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife's failings" [syn: failing, weakness]
noun
Powerlessness revealed by an inability to act; "in spite of their weakness the group remains active" [syn: helplessness, weakness, impuissance]
noun
The property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain; "his weakness increased as he became older"; "the weakness of the span was overlooked until it collapsed" [ant: strength]
noun
The condition of being financially weak; "the weakness of the dollar against the yen" [ant: strength]
noun
A penchant for something even though it might not be good for you; "he has a weakness for chocolate"
Definition of 'Weakness'
From: GCIDE
- Weakness \Weak"ness\, n.
- 1. The quality or state of being weak; want of strength or firmness; lack of vigor; want of resolution or of moral strength; feebleness. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is a mark of lack of strength or resolution; a fault; a defect. [1913 Webster]
- Many take pleasure in spreading abroad the weakness of an exalted character. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Feebleness; debility; languor; imbecility; infirmness; infirmity; decrepitude; frailty; faintness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'weakness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a thing for,
- abulia,
- accessibility,
- admiration,
- adoration,
- affection,
- affinity,
- agape,
- airiness,
- airy texture,
- amenableness,
- Amor,
- anemia,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- ardency,
- ardor,
- area,
- ashiness,
- assailability,
- attachment,
- attenuation,
- bad habit,
- bag,
- bent,
- besetting sin,
- bias,
- bleariness,
- blemish,
- bloodlessness,
- blur,
- blurriness,
- bodily love,
- brain fag,
- brotherly love,
- bug,
- cadaverousness,
- carelessness,
- caritas,
- cast,
- catch,
- chance,
- charity,
- chicken-liveredness,
- chickenheartedness,
- chink,
- chloranemia,
- Christian love,
- conatus,
- conduciveness,
- conjugal love,
- contingency,
- cowardice,
- cowardliness,
- crack,
- crush,
- cullibility,
- cup of tea,
- darkness,
- deadness,
- deathly hue,
- deathly pallor,
- debilitation,
- debility,
- deceivability,
- decrescendo,
- defect,
- defection,
- deficiency,
- defocus,
- delicacy,
- delight,
- desire,
- devotion,
- diaphanousness,
- diathesis,
- dilutedness,
- dilution,
- dimness,
- disposition,
- drawback,
- dullness,
- dupability,
- eagerness,
- easiness,
- easygoingness,
- enervation,
- enfeeblement,
- Eros,
- ethereality,
- eventuality,
- exiguity,
- exility,
- exsanguination,
- eyestrain,
- fadedness,
- failing,
- failure,
- faintheart,
- faintheartedness,
- faintness,
- fairness,
- faithful love,
- fancy,
- fatigue,
- fault,
- faute,
- fear,
- feeblemindedness,
- feebleness,
- feeling for,
- fervor,
- field,
- filminess,
- fineness,
- flabbiness,
- flame,
- flatness,
- flavorlessness,
- flaw,
- flimsiness,
- fogginess,
- foible,
- fondness,
- forcelessness,
- forte,
- frailty,
- free love,
- free-lovism,
- fuzziness,
- gauziness,
- gentleness,
- ghastliness,
- goneness,
- gossameriness,
- gracility,
- greenness,
- gullibility,
- gust,
- gusto,
- haggardness,
- half-visibility,
- haziness,
- heart,
- heart strain,
- heel of Achilles,
- henheartedness,
- hero worship,
- hoaxability,
- hole,
- human equation,
- human frailty,
- human weakness,
- humanity,
- humanness,
- hypochromia,
- hypochromic anemia,
- idolatry,
- idolism,
- idolization,
- imperfection,
- impotence,
- impotency,
- imprecision,
- impressionability,
- impuissance,
- inadequacy,
- inanity,
- inclination,
- indefiniteness,
- indifference,
- indistinctness,
- indistinguishability,
- ineffectiveness,
- ineffectuality,
- inefficaciousness,
- inefficacy,
- infatuation,
- infirmity,
- influenceability,
- ingenuousness,
- insipidity,
- insipidness,
- insubstantiality,
- jadedness,
- jejuneness,
- jejunity,
- kink,
- laciness,
- lack of force,
- lack of influence,
- lack of magnetism,
- lack of personality,
- lack of power,
- languor,
- lasciviousness,
- lassitude,
- laxity,
- laxness,
- leaning,
- leniency,
- liability,
- liableness,
- libido,
- lifelessness,
- lightness,
- like,
- likelihood,
- likeliness,
- likes,
- liking,
- lily-liveredness,
- line,
- little problem,
- lividness,
- long suit,
- looseness,
- loosening,
- love,
- lovemaking,
- low profile,
- lowness,
- main interest,
- malleability,
- manner,
- married love,
- mental fatigue,
- mental strain,
- metier,
- mildness,
- milksopism,
- milksoppiness,
- milksoppishness,
- mistiness,
- moral flaw,
- mortality,
- movability,
- muddiness,
- naiveness,
- naivete,
- naivety,
- negligence,
- no say,
- obligation,
- obscurity,
- open-mindedness,
- openness,
- overindulgence,
- overpermissiveness,
- overstrain,
- overtiredness,
- paleness,
- pallidity,
- pallidness,
- pallor,
- paperiness,
- passion,
- pastiness,
- penchant,
- penetrability,
- permissiveness,
- persuadability,
- perviousness,
- pet subject,
- physical love,
- pigeonheartedness,
- Platonic love,
- pliability,
- popular regard,
- popularity,
- possibility,
- power vacuum,
- powerlessness,
- predilection,
- predisposition,
- pregnability,
- prejudice,
- prison pallor,
- probability,
- problem,
- proclivity,
- proneness,
- propensity,
- pursuit,
- rarity,
- readiness,
- receptiveness,
- regard,
- relaxation,
- relaxedness,
- relish,
- remissness,
- responsiveness,
- rift,
- sallowness,
- saplessness,
- savorlessness,
- seduceability,
- semivisibility,
- sensitivity to,
- sentiment,
- sex,
- sexual love,
- shadowiness,
- shine,
- shortcoming,
- sickliness,
- sickly hue,
- simpleness,
- simplicity,
- slackness,
- sleepiness,
- slenderness,
- slightness,
- slimness,
- sloppiness,
- snag,
- soft focus,
- soft spot,
- softheartedness,
- softness,
- something missing,
- specialism,
- speciality,
- specialization,
- specialty,
- spinelessness,
- spiritual love,
- staleness,
- stance fatigue,
- strain,
- strong point,
- style,
- subaudibility,
- subduedness,
- subtility,
- suggestibility,
- susceptibility,
- swayableness,
- taint,
- taste,
- tastelessness,
- technicality,
- tendency,
- tender feeling,
- tender passion,
- tenderheartedness,
- tenderness,
- tenuity,
- thinness,
- timidity,
- timidness,
- timorousness,
- tiredness,
- tropism,
- truelove,
- turn,
- twist,
- type,
- unauthoritativeness,
- uncertainty,
- unclearness,
- uninfluentiality,
- unmanfulness,
- unmanliness,
- unpersuasiveness,
- unplainness,
- unrestraint,
- unsavoriness,
- unsophistication,
- uxoriousness,
- vague appearance,
- vagueness,
- vapidity,
- vice,
- vincibility,
- vocation,
- vulnerability,
- vulnerable place,
- vulnerable point,
- wanness,
- warm heart,
- warmheartedness,
- warp,
- wateriness,
- way,
- weak link,
- weak point,
- weak side,
- weak will,
- weak-mindedness,
- weakheartedness,
- wearifulness,
- weariness,
- willingness,
- wishy-washiness,
- wispiness,
- worship,
- yearning,
- yellowness
Words containing 'Weakness'
- Weak,
- Weakly,
- Weak conjugation,
- Weak declension,
- Weak side,
- weak force,
- weak interaction,
- weak kneed,
- weak link,
- weak minded,
- weak part,
- weak point,
- weak sister,
- weak sore,
- weak spot,
- weak ulcer,
- Weak-hearted,
- Weak-kneed,
- Weak-minded,
- Weak-mindedness,
- weak-stemmed,
- weakly interacting massive particle