frail
Use Frail in a sentence
1.
having delicate health; not robust; weak: My grandfather is rather frail now.
2.
easily broken or destroyed; fragile.
3.
morally weak; easily tempted.
noun
4.
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a girl or woman.
Related forms
frail·ly, adverb
frail·ness, noun
Synonyms
1, 2. feeble; breakable, frangible. Frail, brittle, fragile imply a delicacy or weakness of substance or construction. Frail applies particularly to health and immaterial things: a frail constitution; frail hopes. Brittle implies a hard material that snaps or breaks to pieces easily: brittle as glass. Fragile implies that the object must be handled carefully to avoid breakage or damage: fragile bric-a-brac.
1, 2. feeble; breakable, frangible. Frail, brittle, fragile imply a delicacy or weakness of substance or construction. Frail applies particularly to health and immaterial things: a frail constitution; frail hopes. Brittle implies a hard material that snaps or breaks to pieces easily: brittle as glass. Fragile implies that the object must be handled carefully to avoid breakage or damage: fragile bric-a-brac.
Antonyms
1, 2. sturdy.
1, 2. sturdy.
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frail1 (freɪl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | physically weak and delicate |
| 2. | fragile: a frail craft |
| 3. | easily corrupted or tempted |
| [C13: from Old French frele, from Latin fragilis, | |
| 'frailly1 | |
| —adv | |
| 'frailness1 | |
| —n | |
| frail2 (freɪl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a rush basket for figs or raisins |
| 2. | a quantity of raisins or figs equal to between 50 and 75 pounds |
| [C13: from Old French fraiel, of uncertain origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
frail
mid-14c., "morally weak," from O.Fr. frele, from L. fragilis "easily broken" (see fragility). Sense of "liable to break" is first recorded in English late 14c. The U.S. slang noun meaning "a woman" is attested from 1908.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
He was frail, on two canes, but his blue eyes sparkled.
She understood it with every fiber of her indomitable spirit and every ounce of energy of her frail body.
Tells about a mild heart condition which left him frail in later years.
But no such frail beings come out of the hands of nature.
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