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- pronunciation:
- vuhl
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
being capable of being hurt or injured; having weakness.
These plants are delicate and highly vulnerable to frost.Abuse from his father as a child had left him feeling vulnerable as an adult.The candidates want people to believe that they are strong and not vulnerable.- synonyms:
- defenseless
- antonyms:
- invincible, invulnerable, safe, strong
- similar words:
- helpless, powerless, precarious, sensitive, susceptible, tender, thin-skinned, touchy, unprotected, weak
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| definition 2: |
open to attack or danger.
Out in the open and without camouflage, the troops were highly vulnerable.The towns on the coast are vulnerable to hurricanes.
- synonyms:
- defenseless, exposed, naked, pregnable, unguarded, unprotected
- antonyms:
- impregnable, invulnerable, unassailable
- similar words:
- accessible, assailable, insecure, liable, open, out on a limb, penetrable, uncovered
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| definition 3: |
open to criticism or censure.
The discovery of the mayor's earlier drug use left him vulnerable to the press.He had blundered and was now vulnerable to criticism.- antonyms:
- impregnable, unassailable
- similar words:
- liable, out on a limb, subject, susceptible
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| related words: |
dangerous, easy, emotional, irritable, pliable |
adverb + (adj.)vulnerable
doubly,
economically,
emotionally,
especially,
exceptionally,
extraordinarily,
extremely,
financially,
highly,
increasingly,
incredibly,
inherently,
less,
more,
most,
particularly,
physically,
politically,
potentially,
socially,
terribly,
therefore,
uniquely,
unusually
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(adj.)vulnerable
+ adverb
sexually
(adj.)vulnerable
+ noun
accusation,
addiction,
attack,
climate,
contamination,
criticism,
depression,
disruption,
distress,
disturbance,
downturn,
drought,
ecosystem,
erosion,
exploitation,
extinction,
fluctuation,
hacker,
hazard,
incumbent,
infection,
injury,
manipulation,
pest,
population,
position,
predation,
predator,
pressure,
prey,
recruitment,
segment,
shock,
spot,
surge,
takeover,
target,
theft,
victimization,
virus,
whim,
zone
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| derivations: |
vulnerably (adv.), vulnerability (n.) |
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