debility
/di'biliti/
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Definition
Noun: 1. Physical or mental weakness; lack of strength or vitality, often as a result of illness, age, or exhaustion. Debility refers to a state of being feeble, infirm, or enfeebled, indicating a significant reduction in normal power or capacity.
Usage
The word "debility" is a formal term used to describe a pronounced and often prolonged state of weakness. It is commonly applied in medical, literary, or descriptive contexts. * It is typically used as an uncountable noun (e.g., "a state of debility"). * It often follows prepositions like "from," "due to," or "of" (e.g., "debility from the long illness").
Examples
- The patient's prolonged debility made recovery a slow process.
- In his old age, he suffered from a general debility that confined him to his home.
- The fever left her in a state of complete debility for weeks.
Advanced Usage
- "To suffer from debility": To experience or be afflicted by weakness.
- Many survivors of the epidemic continued to suffer from debility.
- "General debility": A non-specific term for overall bodily weakness and lack of energy.
- The doctor diagnosed a general debility and recommended rest and nutrition.
Variants and Related Words
- Debilitate (verb): To make someone weak or infirm; to enfeeble.
- The disease debilitated his immune system.
- Debilitated (adjective): In a state of severe weakness.
- The debilitated old man needed constant care.
- Debilitating (adjective): Causing serious weakness.
- She has a debilitating chronic condition.
Synonyms
- Feebleness: The quality of lacking physical strength.
- Infirmity: Physical or mental weakness, especially associated with old age.
- Frailty: The condition of being weak and delicate.
- Enervation: A state of feeling drained of energy or vitality.
- Asthenia (Medical): Technical term for abnormal physical weakness or lack of energy.
Antonyms
- Strength
- Robustness
- Vigor
- Potency
Noun
- the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)