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Another word for frail

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Adjective

  1. Not physically strong

    See also:

    strong

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Another word for frail

Modifier
  1. See also:

    weak

    weak

    sick

    fragile

    dainty

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Sentence Examples

  • Dean noticed her frail form near the front, seated alone.

  • He gave the frail woman a hug and described the reason for his visit.

  • Lana smiled, amused at such hardcore words from a woman whose frail frame would struggle under the weight of a laser shotgun.

  • She felt somehow drawn to the picture of a frail looking girl with dark eyes that looked out hauntingly from a delicately beautiful face.

  • Though he discharged his civic duties in spite of a frail physique, he emphasized the sorrows of life; and yet he advocated no hopeless resignation, but rather the remedy of work, and took as his model Heracles, the embodiment of virile activity.

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