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Vulnerable
6 dictionary results for: vulnerable
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
vul·ner·a·ble       [vuhl-ner-uh-buhl] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.
2.open to moral attack, criticism, temptation, etc.: an argument vulnerable to refutation; He is vulnerable to bribery.
3.(of a place) open to assault; difficult to defend: a vulnerable bridge.
4.Bridge. having won one of the games of a rubber.

[Origin: 1595–1605; < LL vulnerābilis, equiv. to L vulnerā(re) to wound + -bilis -ble; see vulnerary]

vul·ner·a·bil·i·ty, vul·ner·a·ble·ness, noun
vul·ner·a·bly, adverb
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
vul·ner·a·ble       (vŭl'nər-ə-bəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
    1. Susceptible to physical or emotional injury.
    2. Susceptible to attack: "We are vulnerable both by water and land, without either fleet or army" (Alexander Hamilton).
    3. Open to censure or criticism; assailable.
    4. Liable to succumb, as to persuasion or temptation.
    5. Games In a position to receive greater penalties or bonuses in a hand of bridge. In a rubber, used of the pair of players who score 100 points toward game.
    1. Liable to succumb, as to persuasion or temptation.
    2. Games In a position to receive greater penalties or bonuses in a hand of bridge. In a rubber, used of the pair of players who score 100 points toward game.


[Late Latin vulnerābilis, wounding, from Latin vulnerāre, to wound, from vulnus, vulner-, wound; see welə- in Indo-European roots.]

vul'ner·a·bil'i·ty, vul'ner·a·ble·ness n., vul'ner·a·bly adv.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
vulnerable 
1605, from L.L. vulnerabilis "wounding," from L. vulnerare "to wound," from vulnus (gen. vulneris) "wound," perhaps related to vellere "pluck, to tear."

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vulnerable

adjective
1. susceptible to attack; "a vulnerable bridge" [ant: invulnerable
2. susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation; "vulnerable to bribery"; "an argument vulnerable to refutation" 
3. capable of being wounded or hurt; "vulnerable parts of the body" 

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: vul·ner·a·ble
Pronunciation: 'v&ln-(&-)r&-b&l, 'v&l-n&r-b&l
Function: adjective
: capable ofbeing hurt : susceptible to injury or disease vulnerable to nutritional impairment —Journal of the American Medical Association> —vul·ner·a·bil·i·ty /"v&ln-(&-)r&-'bil-&t-E/ noun plural -ties


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Vulnerable

In*vul"ner*a*ble\, a. [L. invulnerabilis: cf. F. invuln['e]rable. See In- not, and Vulnerable.]

1. Incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury.

Neither vainly hope To be invulnerable in those bright arms. --Milton.

2. Unanswerable; irrefutable; that can not be refuted or convinced; as, an invulnerable argument.

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