infirmity

UK /ɪnˈfɜːmɪti/ US /ɪnˈfɜɹməti/

noun 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

mental, physical | increasing

PHRASES

age and infirmity

The charity provides care for people struggling with age and infirmity.

Definitions

noun

Feebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age.

physical infirmity

mental infirmity

A moral weakness or defect.

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Synonyms

noun — the state of being weak in health or body (especially from o

frailty
debility
feebleness
frailness
valetudinarianism

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

physical infirmity

Wiktionary

mental infirmity

Wiktionary

suffer from an infirmity

Wiktionary

Fadil's infirmity didn't slow him down.

Tatoeba · #5883060

The old woman was on her accustomed seat beneath the weeping birch, basking, with the listless enjoyment of age and infirmity, in the beams of the autumn sun.

Tatoeba · #7760557

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