Flimsy vs Enfeebled - What's the difference?
flimsy | enfeebled |
Likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile.
* Sheridan
Thin typing paper used to make multiple copies.
*1977 , , The Honourable Schoolboy , Folio Society 2010, p. 251:
*:Smiley peered once more at the flimsy which he still clutched in his pudgy hand.
(informal, in the plural) Skimpy underwear.
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(enfeeble)
To make feeble.
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* 1774, Dr Samuel Johnson, Preface to the Works of the English Poets , J. Nichols, Volume II, Page 130,
As an adjective flimsy
is likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile.As a noun flimsy
is thin typing paper used to make multiple copies.As a verb enfeebled is
(enfeeble).flimsy
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- He expected the flimsy structure to collapse at any moment.
- All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.
Antonyms
* robust * strong * sturdyNoun
(flimsies)citation
enfeebled
English
Verb
(head)enfeeble
English
Verb
(enfeebl)Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe", The Guardian , 8 September 2014:
- In the face of enfeebled , self-harming opposition on both sides of the border (and a miserable economic recession on both sides too) he has performed brilliantly.
- "...the gout, with which he had long been tormented, prevailed over the enfeebled powers of nature."
