infirmity | Definition of infirmity

Synonyms and Antonyms of infirmity

1 an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning

an 18th-century quack who specialized in those mysterious infirmities that are known only to the idle rich

Synonyms of infirmity

affection, ail, ailment, bug, complaint, complication, condition, disease, disorder, distemper, distemperature, fever, ill, illness, malady, sickness, trouble

Words Related to infirmity

contagion, contagious disease

contagium, infection

attack, bout, fit, spell

debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, lameness, sickliness, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unwellness, weakness

malaise, matter, pip

epidemic, pest, pestilence, plague

Near Antonyms of infirmity

fitness, healthiness, heartiness, robustness, soundness, wholeness, wholesomeness

Antonyms of infirmity

health, wellness

2 the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor

a period of infirmity left the athlete completely out of shape

Synonyms of infirmity

asthenia, debilitation, debility, delicacy, enervation, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, fragility, frailness, frailty, languidness, languor, listlessness, lowness, weakness, wimpiness

Words Related to infirmity

decay, decrepitude

breakdown, collapse, prostration

exhaustion, fatigue, lassitude, weariness

defenselessness, helplessness, impotence, impuissance, powerlessness

effeteness, softness, tenderness

disablement, incapacitation, invalidism

damage, harm, hurt, impairment, injury

Near Antonyms of infirmity

energy, vitality

brawniness, fitness, heftiness, huskiness, lustiness, muscularity, virility

hardness, ruggedness, stoutness, sturdiness, toughness

health, healthiness, soundness, wellness

Antonyms of infirmity

hardihood, hardiness, robustness, strength, vigor