Infirm — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

lacking firmness of will or character or purpose; - Shakespeare

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪnfˈɜːm/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪnfˈɜːm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪnfˈɜːm/

2 syllables Say it as /ɪnfˈɜːm/.

Examples

a feeble old woman
her body looked sapless
infirm of purpose; give me the daggers

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

weak rickety debile weakly feeble sapless decrepit

Parts of Speech

adjective	lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality “a feeble old woman”
adjective	lacking firmness of will or character or purpose; - Shakespeare “infirm of purpose; give me the daggers”

Word Forms

debility	noun	the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
feebleness	noun	the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
infirmity	noun	the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
weakness	noun	the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

gebrechlich

es mangelt an körperlicher oder muskulärer Kraft oder Vitalität

🇫🇷French

infirme

manque de force ou de vitalité physique ou musculaire

🇪🇸Spanish

enfermizo

falta de fuerza o vitalidad corporal o muscular

🇮🇹Italian

infermo

mancanza di forza o vitalità fisica o muscolare

🇳🇱Dutch

zwak

gebrek aan lichamelijke of spierkracht of vitaliteit

🇵🇹Portuguese

enfermo

falta de força ou vitalidade corporal ou muscular

🇷🇺Russian

немощный

недостаток телесной или мышечной силы или жизненной силы

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कमजोर

शारीरिक या मांसपेशियों की शक्ति या जीवन शक्ति की कमी

🇧🇩Bengali

অসুস্থ

শারীরিক বা পেশী শক্তি বা জীবনীশক্তির অভাব

🇮🇳Tamil

பலவீனமான

உடல் அல்லது தசை வலிமை அல்லது உயிர்ச்சக்தி இல்லாதது

🇮🇳Telugu

అస్వస్థత

శారీరక లేదా కండరాల బలం లేదా తేజము లేకపోవడం

🇮🇳Marathi

अशक्त

शारीरिक किंवा स्नायूंची शक्ती किंवा चैतन्य नसणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

અશક્ત

શારીરિક અથવા સ્નાયુબદ્ધ શક્તિ અથવા જોમનો અભાવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಸ್ವಸ್ಥ

ದೈಹಿಕ ಅಥವಾ ಸ್ನಾಯುವಿನ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಅಥವಾ ಚೈತನ್ಯದ ಕೊರತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ദുർബലമായ

ശാരീരികമോ പേശീബലമോ ചൈതന്യമോ ഇല്ല

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੀਮਾਰ

ਸਰੀਰਕ ਜਾਂ ਮਾਸਪੇਸ਼ੀ ਦੀ ਤਾਕਤ ਜਾਂ ਜੀਵਨਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

کمزور

جسمانی یا پٹھوں کی طاقت یا جیورنبل کی کمی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

体弱的

缺乏身体或肌肉力量或活力

🇯🇵Japanese

虚弱な

体力、筋力、活力が欠如している

🇰🇷Korean

약한

신체적, 근력이나 활력이 부족함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ốm yếu

thiếu sức mạnh hoặc sức sống cơ thể hoặc cơ bắp

🇹🇭Thai

อ่อนแอ

ขาดกำลังหรือความมีชีวิตชีวาของร่างกายหรือกล้ามเนื้อ

🇮🇩Indonesian

lemah

kekurangan kekuatan atau vitalitas tubuh atau otot

🇵🇭Filipino

mahina

kulang sa katawan o muscular strength o vitality

🇲🇾Malay

lemah

kekurangan kekuatan atau kecergasan badan atau otot

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عاجز

- الافتقار إلى القوة الجسدية أو العضلية أو الحيوية

🇮🇷Persian

ناتوان

فاقد قدرت یا نشاط بدنی یا عضلانی

🇹🇷Turkish

sakat

bedensel veya kas gücünden veya canlılığından yoksun

🇮🇱Hebrew

חוֹלֶה

חסר כוח או חיוניות גופני או שרירי

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The primary meaning of 'infirm' is 'lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality'.

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