weak

Definitions

1. 1intransitive verb

   Wanting physical strength.

2. 2intransitive verb

   Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted.

3. 3intransitive verb

   Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope.

4. 4intransitive verb

   Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship.

5. 5intransitive verb

   Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant.

6. 6intransitive verb

   Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress.

7. 7intransitive verb

   Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint.

8. 8intransitive verb

   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.

9. 9intransitive verb

   Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army.

10. 10intransitive verb

    Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral, or political strength, vigor, etc.

11. 11intransitive verb

    Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor; spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate.

12. 12intransitive verb

    Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.

13. 13intransitive verb

    Not having full confidence or conviction; not decided or confirmed; vacillating; wavering.

14. 14intransitive verb

    Not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as, weak resolutions; weak virtue.

15. 15intransitive verb

    Wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a weak sense of honor of duty.

16. 16intransitive verb

    Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained; as, a weak argument or case.

17. 17intransitive verb

    Wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak sentence; a weak style.

18. 18intransitive verb

    Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.

19. 19intransitive verb

    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.

20. 20intransitive verb

    Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market.

21. 21intransitive verb

    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).

22. 22intransitive verb

    Pertaining to, or designating, a noun in Anglo-Saxon, etc., the stem of which ends in -n. See Strong, 19 (b).

23. 23adjective

    To make or become weak; to weaken.

24. 24adjective

    deficient in intelligence or mental power

    "a weak mind"

25. 25adjective

    overly diluted; thin and insipid

    "washy coffee"

    "watery milk"

    Synonyms

    washywatery
26. 26adjective

    likely to fail under stress or pressure

    "the weak link in the chain"

27. 27adjective

    wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings

    "I'm only a fallible human"

    "frail humanity"

    Synonyms

    falliblefrailimperfect
28. 28adjective

    deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc

    "a faint outline"

    "the wan sun cast faint shadows"

    Synonyms

    faint
29. 29adjective

    not having authority, political strength, or governing power

    "a weak president"

30. 30adjective

    (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection

31. 31adjective

    lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

    "a feeble old woman"

    "her body looked sapless"

    Synonyms

    debiledecrepitfeebleinfirmricketysaplessweakly
32. 32adjective

    deficient or lacking in some skill

    "he's weak in spelling"

33. 33adjective

    (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress

    "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"

    "a weak stress on the second syllable"

    Synonyms

    lightunaccented
34. 34adjective

    wanting in physical strength

    "a weak pillar"

35. 35adjective

    tending downward in price

    "a weak market for oil stocks"