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weak·ness
 weakness
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- pronunciation:
- wik
nihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the quality or condition of being weak.
- synonyms:
- feebleness, frailty, impotence, powerlessness
- antonyms:
- power, puissance, strength, vigor
- similar words:
- anemia, debility, decrepitude, delicacy, disability, fatigue, incapacity, infirmity, limitation, vice
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| definition 2: |
an instance of being weak.
- similar words:
- failure, infirmity, lapse
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| definition 3: |
a personal flaw or area of inadequacy; failing; defect.
- synonyms:
- defect, failing, fault, flaw
- antonyms:
- strength
- similar words:
- Achilles heel, disability, foible, frailty, handicap, hole, imperfection, infirmity, shortcoming
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| definition 4: |
a special liking.
a weakness for Italian food- synonyms:
- fancy, fondness, liking, partiality, taste
- similar words:
- appetite, bent, love, passion, penchant, preference, proclivity, propensity
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| related words: |
ailment, defect, downfall, drawback, flaw, habit, inclination, languor, liability, trouble, undoing, vice |
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