frail
frailer; frailest; frails; frailly
Something that is delicate and fragile can be described as frail. Grandma's favorite vase is probably too frail to use for football practice; some of us have learned that the hard way.
Frail can also be used to describe a person's physical condition: "When I broke my grandmother's vase, she yelled in a voice so loud that it was hard to believe it was coming from her small, frail frame." Another way to use frail is in reference to a person's emotional state. As the poet Sylvia Plath astutely observed, "How frail the human heart must be."
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physically weak“an invalid's frail body”
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Synonyms:
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delicate
exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
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debile, decrepit, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly
lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
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light-boned
having a bone structure that is light with respect to the surrounding flesh
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weak
wanting in physical strength
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Antonyms:
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robust
sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction
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rugged
sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
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healthy
having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease
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beefy, buirdly, burly, husky, strapping
muscular and heavily built
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big-boned
having a bone structure that is massive in contrast with the surrounding flesh
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big-chested, chesty
marked by a large or well-developed chest
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big-shouldered, broad-shouldered, square-shouldered
having broad shoulders
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cast-iron, iron
extremely robust
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hardy, stalwart, stout, sturdy
having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
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hardy
able to survive under unfavorable weather conditions
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half-hardy
(of plants) requiring protection from frost
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heavy-armed
having massive arms
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square-built
broad and solidly built
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vigorous
strong and active physically or mentally
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strong
having strength or power greater than average or expected
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delicate
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easily broken or damaged or destroyed
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wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
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a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
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type of:
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basket, handbasket
a container that is usually woven and has handles
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basket, handbasket
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the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
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type of:
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weight, weight unit
a unit used to measure weight
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weight, weight unit
Vocabulary lists containing frail
To seal their coven, keep their magic, and avoid being turned into toads, twelve-year-old Seven Salazar of Ravenskill must work with the bully Valley Pepperhorn and the new girl Thorn Laroux to defeat the Nightbeast.
Middle schooler Daniel and his campmates battle for survival on the Crazy River in Montana.
Based on a true World War II story, this novel details how, as a teenager, Stefania Podgórska managed to take care of her younger sister, while hiding and supporting Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland.
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