Debility Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-bĭlĭ-tē
The condition of being infirm or physically weak
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. decrepitude
  2. delicacy
  3. delicateness
  4. feebleness
  5. flimsiness
  6. fragileness
  7. fragility
  8. frailness
  9. frailty
  10. infirmity
  11. insubstantiality
  12. puniness
  13. unsoundness
  14. unsubstantiality
  15. weakliness
  16. weakness
  17. eyestrain
  18. goneness
  19. morbidness
  20. peakedness
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. asthenic
  2. cachectic
  3. debilitated
  4. impotent
  5. weak

Debility Sentence Examples

  • She suffered from repeated bouts of both physical and mental debility throughout her life.

  • He well remarked that the debility and sickening of Europeans in many tropical countries are wrongly ascribed to the climate, but are rather the consequences of indolence, sensual gratification and an irregular mode of life.

  • He bore a fair proportion of it, but throughout his life was frequently brought to a halt by pain and physical debility.

  • I had to be carried onto the plane at Heathrow, because of my general debility and extreme weakness.

  • In 1954 Mr P S Palmer was admitted to hospital with nervous debility.

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