Crossword clues for feebler
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Feeble \Fee"ble\ (f[=e]"b'l), a. [Compar. Feebler (-bl[~e]r); superl. Feeblest (-bl[e^]st).] [OE. feble, OF. feble, flebe, floibe, floible, foible, F. faible, L. flebilis to be wept over, lamentable, wretched, fr. flere to weep. Cf. Foible.]
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Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.
Carried all the feeble of them upon asses.
--2 Chron. xxviii. 15. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion. ``A lady's feeble voice.''
--Shak.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: feeble)
Usage examples of "feebler".
Soul which later will shine out again is for the present at a feebler power.
It is strange the power that a mind of deep passion has over feebler natures.
As buds give rise by growth to fresh buds, and these, if vigorous, branch out and overtop on all sides many a feebler branch, so by generation I believe it has been with the great Tree of Life, which fills with its dead and broken branches the crust of the earth, and covers the surface with its ever branching and beautiful ramifications.
But after very long intervals of time and after great geographical changes, permitting much inter-migration, the feebler will yield to the more dominant forms, and there will be nothing immutable in the laws of past and present distribution.
Nick barked the question at Feebler, all the while fairly certain who sent the anonymous note.
He used Feebler for small errands, such as sorting mail and delivering messages.
Away beyond those ever feebler flames rose dark steps crowned by what could only be the casket of someone great and important.
My hands were weak, but I reached them out To feebler ones than mine, RENEWAL OF STRENGTH.
As the fibers dried, her struggles grew feebler and feebler, until she lay motionless on the floor, wings stuck to her sides, her mouth sealed with pale white astringent matter.