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KK Pronunciation

〔 wik 〕

Pronunciation

〔 wiːk 〕


Overview of adj weak

The adj weak has 12 senses


  • weak -- (wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar")

  • watery, washy, weak -- (overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea")

  • unaccented, light, weak -- ((used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable")

  • fallible, frail, imperfect, weak -- (wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity")

  • weak -- (tending downward in price; "a weak market for oil stocks")

  • weak -- (deficient or lacking in some skill; "he's weak in spelling")

  • decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly -- (lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless")

  • weak -- ((used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection)

  • weak -- (not having authority, political strength, or governing power; "a weak president")

  • faint, weak -- (deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; "a faint outline"; "the wan sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a distant candle"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"; "a weak pulse")

  • weak -- (likely to fail under stress or pressure; "the weak link in the chain")

  • weak -- (deficient in intelligence or mental power; "a weak mind")