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adj
adj
- weakened and infirm
- subdued or brought low in condition or status
- (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded
- physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
- thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
- not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly
- out of working order (‘busted’ is an informal substitute for ‘broken’)
- imperfectly spoken or written
- tamed or trained to obey
- topographically very uneven
- lacking a part or parts
- discontinuous
- destroyed financially
- (of land) Uneven.
- (of a melody) Having periods of silence scattered throughout; not regularly continuous.
- (of a promise, etc) Breached; violated; not kept.
- (of a person) Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.
- (meteorology, of the sky) Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.
- (sports, video games, of a tactic or option) Overpowered; overly powerful; giving a player too much power.
- (of an electronic connection) Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.
- (of skin) Split or ruptured.
- (of language) Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being produced by a non-native speaker.
- Having no money; bankrupt, broke.
- (of sleep) Interrupted; not continuous.
- Non-functional; not functioning properly.
- (colloquial, US, of a situation) Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.
- (of a line) Dashed; made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
- Fragmented; in separate pieces.
- (informal) Badly designed or implemented.
- (of a bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces.
verb
noun
- Frailty of health or fitness.
- Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.
- Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement.
- Tact and propriety; the need for such tact.
- Refinement in taste or discrimination.
- The quality of being delicate.
- refined taste; tact
- the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance
- lack of physical strength
- lightness in movement or manner
- something considered choice to eat
- slenderness
- subtly skillful handling of a situation
adj
noun
adj
- Sickly; feeble; infirm.
- (of numbers, particularly prices) Absurdly large.
- Stupefied, senseless; stunned or dazed.
- (now literary) Innocent; suffering undeservedly, especially as an epithet of lambs and sheep.
- (cricket, of a fielding position) Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.
- Rustic, homely.
- (now chiefly Scotland and Northern England, rare) Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly:
- (Scotland) mentally delayed or feeble.
- Insignificant, worthless, (chiefly Scotland) especially with regard to land quality.
- Thoughtless, lacking judgment.
- Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
- Weak, frail; flimsy (use concerning people and animals is now obsolete).
- (now literary) Helpless, defenseless.
- dazed from or as if from repeated blows
- inspiring scornful pity
- ludicrous, foolish
- lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
adv
noun
adj
- Weak; infirm.
- (medicine) In an infirm state leading one to be easily subject to disease or other health problems, especially regarding the elderly.
- Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
- Mentally fragile.
- Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.
- wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
- physically weak
- easily broken or damaged or destroyed
noun
- Synonym of farasola (“old unit of weight”).
- A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.
- A rush for weaving baskets.
- The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.
- the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
- a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
verb
adj
- Worn down by overuse; decrepit.
- (linguistics) Of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds.
- arthritic or rheumatic.
- Tending to creak.
- worn and broken down by hard use
- of or pertaining to arthritis
- having a rasping or grating sound
verb
- deteriorate in health
- go back to bad behavior
- (intransitive, informal, specifically) To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.
- To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.
- (intransitive) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
- (intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).
noun
adj
- physically unsound or diseased
- feeling physical discomfort or pain (‘tough’ is occasionally used colloquially for ‘bad’)
- not working properly
- (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
- capable of harming
- reproduced fraudulently
- serious or severe
- nonstandard
- not financially safe or secure
- not capable of being collected
- having undesirable or negative qualities
- characterized by wickedness or immorality
- feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- below average in quality or performance
- False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
- (sometimes childish) Evil; wicked.
- Not appropriate, of manners etc.
- (often childish) Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
- Not worth it.
- Not suitable or fitting.
- (Internet slang, sarcastic) Used without a copula to mock people who oppose something without having any real understanding of it.
- (chiefly in "bad boy", "bad girl", and similar phrases) Attractive due to (one's) rebellious nature.
- (informal, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
- (semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
- (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
- Harmful, especially unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
- (US) Overly promiscuous, licentious.
- Bold, daring, and tough.
- (originally African-American Vernacular, of a woman) Very attractive; hot, sexy.
- (of a word, speech, or writing) Vulgar, obscene, or blasphemous.
- (of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.
- Of poor physical appearance.
- Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
- The injured or weak one of a pair of body parts, where the other one is healthy.
- (preceded by feel) Regretful, guilty, or ashamed.
- Of low quality.
- Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
- Faulty; not functional.
- (of breath) Malodorous; foul.
- Inaccurate; incorrect
- (chiefly applied to a person's state of health) Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
- Unfavorable; negative; not good.
noun
adv
intj
verb
adj
verb
adj
- physically unsound or diseased
- not in good condition; damaged or decayed
- containing or based on a fallacy
- of e.g. advice
- suffering from severe mental illness
- not sound financially
- (especially of equestrianism) Infirm, diseased.
- (UK, especially of people) Not good, unreliable.
- Not whole, not solid, defective.
noun
- a state of deterioration due to old age or long use
- the process of becoming dilapidated
- (in the plural) Money paid at the end of an incumbency by the incumbent or his heirs for the purpose of putting the parsonage etc. in good repair for the succeeding incumbent.
- (British, law) Ecclesiastical waste: impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or intentionally.
- (law) The act of dilapidating, damaging a building or structure through neglect or intentionally.
- The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined.
adj
- In poor health; ill.
- [with with] Afflicted by (a specific condition, usually medical).
- (agriculture) Failing to sustain adequate harvests of crop, usually specified.
- (colloquial) Mentally unstable, disturbed.
- Having an urge to vomit.
- (slang) Very good, excellent, awesome, badass.
- [with of] Tired of or annoyed by (something that has lasted a long time or often recurs).
- In poor condition.
- (colloquial) In bad taste.
- having a strong distaste from surfeit
- feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
- shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
- deeply affected by a strong feeling
- (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
- affected with madness or insanity
- affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
noun
verb
adj
noun
- flagstones collectively
- a walk of flagstones
- (television) The skewing or bending of the upper part of a television picture due to imperfect synchronization of the video signal.
- The process by which something flags or tires.
- A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively.
- Use of a handkerchief code or analogous display to signal sexual interests.
verb
noun
verb
noun
adj
verb
adj
- Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.
- Light, or softly tinted; said of a colour.
- Intended for use with fragile items.
- Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.
- Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.
- (informal) Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.
- Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.
- Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
- Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful.
- Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.
- Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
- Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.
- developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
- difficult to handle; requiring great tact
- of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely
- marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
- easily hurt
- exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
- easily broken or damaged or destroyed
noun
adj
- Decrepit, weakened.
- (nautical, of a ship) Drooping at each end because of a damaged spine.
- Having a broken back.
- (military) Of a war or warfare: continuing after the main force has been destroyed or significantly weakened, for example after a devastating nuclear strike.
- (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end
- having the spine damaged
- (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth
adj
adj
noun
adj
- out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
- (of wine) Having a slight lack of acidity; having mild sweetness.
- (mathematics) Which forms a surjection from the domain to every open subset of the codomain.
- (of writing, etc.) overwrought.
- Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.
adj
- out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
- Limp, weak.
- (of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value
- mild and pleasant
- compassionate and kind; conciliatory
- using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation
- (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as ‘s’ and ‘sh’)
- (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected
- easily hurt
- (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) soft; in a quiet, subdued tone
- produced with vibration of the vocal cords
- not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship
- willing to negotiate and compromise
- having little impact
- tolerant or lenient
- soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
- yielding readily to pressure or weight
- not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)
- (of sound) relatively low in volume
- not brilliant or glaring
- (of a drug) Not likely to cause addiction.
- (of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
- Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
- (of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.
- Not bright or intense.
- (Slavic, phonology) Palatalized.
- (photography, of light) Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows.
- (computing) Emulated with software; not physically real.
- (UK, of a man) Effeminate.
- (phonetics, rare) Voiceless.
- (slang) Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy.
- (of kinks or sexual activity) Mild, tame, moderate; far from intense or excluding harsh elements.
- Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
- Of coal: bituminous, as opposed to anthracitic.
- (of a drink) Not containing alcohol.
- (informal, idiomatic, followed by on) Attracted to or emotionally involved with someone.
- (of a sound) Quiet.
- Requiring little or no effort; easy.
- Gentle in action or motion; easy.
- Of paper: unsized.
- Of silk: having the natural gum cleaned or washed off.
- (of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
- Easy-going, lenient, not strict; permissive.
- Having a slight angle from straight.
- (UK, colloquial) Foolish.
- Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
- (finance) Of a market: having more supply than demand; being a buyer's market.
- Of weather: warm enough to melt ice; thawing.
- Gentle.
- (phonetics) Voiced; sonant; lenis.
- Weak in character; impressible.
- Easily giving way under pressure.
- Agreeable to the senses.
- (slang) Excessively empathetic or concerned about others’ wellbeing.
- (physics) Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non-magnetic when an external magnetic field is removed, a material with a low magnetic coercivity. (compare hard)
- (of pornography) Softcore
adv
noun
prep_phrase
adj
- Frequently ill or in poor health; weakly.
- Not in good health; (somewhat) sick.
- Associated with poor moral or mental well-being.
- Characterized by poor or unhealthy growth. (of a plant)
- Lacking intensity or vigour.
- Shedding a relatively small amount of light; (of light) not very bright.
- Overly sweet.
- Appearing ill, infirm or unhealthy; giving the appearance of illness.
- Tending to produce nausea.
- somewhat ill or prone to illness
- unhealthy looking
adv
verb
adj
noun
noun
- extreme oldness
- an artifact surviving from the past
- the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
- (often constructed as an uncountable plural) A relic or monument of ancient times, such as a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
- (history) The historical period preceding the Middle Ages (c. 500-1500), primarily relating to European history.
- The people of ancient times.
- Ancient times; faraway history; former ages.
- The state of being ancient or of ancient lineage.
verb
- become limp
- droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
- hang loosely or laxly
- (intransitive) To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.
- (intransitive) To hang downward; to sag.
- (intransitive, figurative) To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.
- (transitive) To allow to droop or sink.
- (intransitive) To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.
noun
verb
noun
adj
- Having a loss of capability or function. Having undergone deterioration, degradation.
- (heraldry, not comparable) Having steps; said of a cross whose extremities end in steps growing larger as they leave the centre; on degrees.
- Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
- (biology) Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
- lowered in value
- unrestrained by convention or morality
verb
adj
verb
adj
- Ravaged or deteriorated.
- (slang) Very drunk or stoned.
- (medicine) Low weight-for-height (for a person).
- Emaciated and haggard.
- Not profitably used.
- (slang) Exhausted.
- (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use
- not used to good advantage
- very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
verb
noun
- Frailty of health or fitness.
- Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.
- Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement.
- Tact and propriety; the need for such tact.
- Refinement in taste or discrimination.
- The quality of being delicate.
- refined taste; tact
- the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance
- lack of physical strength
- lightness in movement or manner
- something considered choice to eat
- slenderness
- subtly skillful handling of a situation
noun
- a state of deterioration due to old age or long use
- the process of becoming dilapidated
- (in the plural) Money paid at the end of an incumbency by the incumbent or his heirs for the purpose of putting the parsonage etc. in good repair for the succeeding incumbent.
- (British, law) Ecclesiastical waste: impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or intentionally.
- (law) The act of dilapidating, damaging a building or structure through neglect or intentionally.
- The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined.
noun
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
- extreme oldness
- an artifact surviving from the past
- the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
- (often constructed as an uncountable plural) A relic or monument of ancient times, such as a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
- (history) The historical period preceding the Middle Ages (c. 500-1500), primarily relating to European history.
- The people of ancient times.
- Ancient times; faraway history; former ages.
- The state of being ancient or of ancient lineage.
adj
noun
verb
- deteriorate in health
- go back to bad behavior
- (intransitive, informal, specifically) To return to a vice, especially self-harm or alcoholism, failing to maintain abstinence.
- To slip or slide back physically; to turn back.
- (intransitive) To fall back again; to slide or turn back into a former state or practice.
- (intransitive, medicine, of a disease) To recur; to worsen, be aggravated (after a period of improvement).
noun
verb
- become limp
- droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
- hang loosely or laxly
- (intransitive) To lose all energy, enthusiasm or happiness; to flag.
- (intransitive) To hang downward; to sag.
- (intransitive, figurative) To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline.
- (transitive) To allow to droop or sink.
- (intransitive) To slowly become limp; to bend gradually.
noun
verb
noun
adj
adj
- weakened and infirm
- subdued or brought low in condition or status
- (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded
- physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
- thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
- not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly
- out of working order (‘busted’ is an informal substitute for ‘broken’)
- imperfectly spoken or written
- tamed or trained to obey
- topographically very uneven
- lacking a part or parts
- discontinuous
- destroyed financially
- (of land) Uneven.
- (of a melody) Having periods of silence scattered throughout; not regularly continuous.
- (of a promise, etc) Breached; violated; not kept.
- (of a person) Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.
- (meteorology, of the sky) Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.
- (sports, video games, of a tactic or option) Overpowered; overly powerful; giving a player too much power.
- (of an electronic connection) Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.
- (of skin) Split or ruptured.
- (of language) Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being produced by a non-native speaker.
- Having no money; bankrupt, broke.
- (of sleep) Interrupted; not continuous.
- Non-functional; not functioning properly.
- (colloquial, US, of a situation) Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.
- (of a line) Dashed; made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
- Fragmented; in separate pieces.
- (informal) Badly designed or implemented.
- (of a bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces.
verb
adj
noun
adj
- Sickly; feeble; infirm.
- (of numbers, particularly prices) Absurdly large.
- Stupefied, senseless; stunned or dazed.
- (now literary) Innocent; suffering undeservedly, especially as an epithet of lambs and sheep.
- (cricket, of a fielding position) Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.
- Rustic, homely.
- (now chiefly Scotland and Northern England, rare) Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly:
- (Scotland) mentally delayed or feeble.
- Insignificant, worthless, (chiefly Scotland) especially with regard to land quality.
- Thoughtless, lacking judgment.
- Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
- Weak, frail; flimsy (use concerning people and animals is now obsolete).
- (now literary) Helpless, defenseless.
- dazed from or as if from repeated blows
- inspiring scornful pity
- ludicrous, foolish
- lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
adv
noun
adj
- Weak; infirm.
- (medicine) In an infirm state leading one to be easily subject to disease or other health problems, especially regarding the elderly.
- Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
- Mentally fragile.
- Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.
- wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
- physically weak
- easily broken or damaged or destroyed
noun
- Synonym of farasola (“old unit of weight”).
- A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.
- A rush for weaving baskets.
- The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.
- the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
- a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
verb
adj
- Worn down by overuse; decrepit.
- (linguistics) Of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds.
- arthritic or rheumatic.
- Tending to creak.
- worn and broken down by hard use
- of or pertaining to arthritis
- having a rasping or grating sound
adj
- physically unsound or diseased
- feeling physical discomfort or pain (‘tough’ is occasionally used colloquially for ‘bad’)
- not working properly
- (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
- capable of harming
- reproduced fraudulently
- serious or severe
- nonstandard
- not financially safe or secure
- not capable of being collected
- having undesirable or negative qualities
- characterized by wickedness or immorality
- feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- below average in quality or performance
- False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
- (sometimes childish) Evil; wicked.
- Not appropriate, of manners etc.
- (often childish) Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
- Not worth it.
- Not suitable or fitting.
- (Internet slang, sarcastic) Used without a copula to mock people who oppose something without having any real understanding of it.
- (chiefly in "bad boy", "bad girl", and similar phrases) Attractive due to (one's) rebellious nature.
- (informal, of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
- (semantic change, amelioration, contranymic) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
- (of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
- Harmful, especially unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
- (US) Overly promiscuous, licentious.
- Bold, daring, and tough.
- (originally African-American Vernacular, of a woman) Very attractive; hot, sexy.
- (of a word, speech, or writing) Vulgar, obscene, or blasphemous.
- (of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.
- Of poor physical appearance.
- Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
- The injured or weak one of a pair of body parts, where the other one is healthy.
- (preceded by feel) Regretful, guilty, or ashamed.
- Of low quality.
- Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
- Faulty; not functional.
- (of breath) Malodorous; foul.
- Inaccurate; incorrect
- (chiefly applied to a person's state of health) Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
- Unfavorable; negative; not good.
noun
adv
intj
verb
adj
verb
adj
- physically unsound or diseased
- not in good condition; damaged or decayed
- containing or based on a fallacy
- of e.g. advice
- suffering from severe mental illness
- not sound financially
- (especially of equestrianism) Infirm, diseased.
- (UK, especially of people) Not good, unreliable.
- Not whole, not solid, defective.
adj
- In poor health; ill.
- [with with] Afflicted by (a specific condition, usually medical).
- (agriculture) Failing to sustain adequate harvests of crop, usually specified.
- (colloquial) Mentally unstable, disturbed.
- Having an urge to vomit.
- (slang) Very good, excellent, awesome, badass.
- [with of] Tired of or annoyed by (something that has lasted a long time or often recurs).
- In poor condition.
- (colloquial) In bad taste.
- having a strong distaste from surfeit
- feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit
- shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
- deeply affected by a strong feeling
- (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
- affected with madness or insanity
- affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
noun
verb
adj
noun
- flagstones collectively
- a walk of flagstones
- (television) The skewing or bending of the upper part of a television picture due to imperfect synchronization of the video signal.
- The process by which something flags or tires.
- A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively.
- Use of a handkerchief code or analogous display to signal sexual interests.
verb
adj
- Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.
- Light, or softly tinted; said of a colour.
- Intended for use with fragile items.
- Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.
- Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.
- (informal) Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.
- Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.
- Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
- Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful.
- Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.
- Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
- Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.
- developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
- difficult to handle; requiring great tact
- of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely
- marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
- easily hurt
- exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
- easily broken or damaged or destroyed
noun
adj
- Decrepit, weakened.
- (nautical, of a ship) Drooping at each end because of a damaged spine.
- Having a broken back.
- (military) Of a war or warfare: continuing after the main force has been destroyed or significantly weakened, for example after a devastating nuclear strike.
- (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end
- having the spine damaged
- (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth
adj
adj
noun
adj
- out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
- (of wine) Having a slight lack of acidity; having mild sweetness.
- (mathematics) Which forms a surjection from the domain to every open subset of the codomain.
- (of writing, etc.) overwrought.
- Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.
adj
- out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
- Limp, weak.
- (of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value
- mild and pleasant
- compassionate and kind; conciliatory
- using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation
- (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as ‘s’ and ‘sh’)
- (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected
- easily hurt
- (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) soft; in a quiet, subdued tone
- produced with vibration of the vocal cords
- not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship
- willing to negotiate and compromise
- having little impact
- tolerant or lenient
- soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
- yielding readily to pressure or weight
- not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)
- (of sound) relatively low in volume
- not brilliant or glaring
- (of a drug) Not likely to cause addiction.
- (of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
- Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
- (of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.
- Not bright or intense.
- (Slavic, phonology) Palatalized.
- (photography, of light) Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows.
- (computing) Emulated with software; not physically real.
- (UK, of a man) Effeminate.
- (phonetics, rare) Voiceless.
- (slang) Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy.
- (of kinks or sexual activity) Mild, tame, moderate; far from intense or excluding harsh elements.
- Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
- Of coal: bituminous, as opposed to anthracitic.
- (of a drink) Not containing alcohol.
- (informal, idiomatic, followed by on) Attracted to or emotionally involved with someone.
- (of a sound) Quiet.
- Requiring little or no effort; easy.
- Gentle in action or motion; easy.
- Of paper: unsized.
- Of silk: having the natural gum cleaned or washed off.
- (of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
- Easy-going, lenient, not strict; permissive.
- Having a slight angle from straight.
- (UK, colloquial) Foolish.
- Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
- (finance) Of a market: having more supply than demand; being a buyer's market.
- Of weather: warm enough to melt ice; thawing.
- Gentle.
- (phonetics) Voiced; sonant; lenis.
- Weak in character; impressible.
- Easily giving way under pressure.
- Agreeable to the senses.
- (slang) Excessively empathetic or concerned about others’ wellbeing.
- (physics) Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non-magnetic when an external magnetic field is removed, a material with a low magnetic coercivity. (compare hard)
- (of pornography) Softcore
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- Frequently ill or in poor health; weakly.
- Not in good health; (somewhat) sick.
- Associated with poor moral or mental well-being.
- Characterized by poor or unhealthy growth. (of a plant)
- Lacking intensity or vigour.
- Shedding a relatively small amount of light; (of light) not very bright.
- Overly sweet.
- Appearing ill, infirm or unhealthy; giving the appearance of illness.
- Tending to produce nausea.
- somewhat ill or prone to illness
- unhealthy looking
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- Having a loss of capability or function. Having undergone deterioration, degradation.
- (heraldry, not comparable) Having steps; said of a cross whose extremities end in steps growing larger as they leave the centre; on degrees.
- Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect.
- (biology) Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.
- lowered in value
- unrestrained by convention or morality
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- Ravaged or deteriorated.
- (slang) Very drunk or stoned.
- (medicine) Low weight-for-height (for a person).
- Emaciated and haggard.
- Not profitably used.
- (slang) Exhausted.
- (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use
- not used to good advantage
- very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being