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Weak has 13 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

wanting in physical strength

"a weak pillar"

2

overly diluted; thin and insipid

"washy coffee"

"watery milk"

"weak tea"

3

(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"

4

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"

5

tending downward in price

"a weak market for oil stocks"

6

deficient or lacking in some skill

"he's weak in spelling"

7

lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

"a feeble old woman"

"her body looked sapless"

8

(used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection

"The verb conjugate weakly in Old English, following a predictable pattern rather than changing its stem vowel irregularly."

9

not having authority, political strength, or governing power

"a weak president"

10

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"

11

likely to fail under stress or pressure

"the weak link in the chain"

12

deficient in intelligence or mental power

"a weak mind"

13

Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.

"After running up those steep hills, my legs felt incredibly weak and I could barely stand."

Example Sentences
"a weak pillar" adjective
"washy coffee" adjective
"watery milk" adjective
"weak tea" adjective
"a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable" adjective
"a weak stress on the second syllable" adjective
"I'm only a fallible human" adjective
"frail humanity" adjective
"a weak market for oil stocks" adjective
"he's weak in spelling" adjective
Antonyms
strong
Rhyming Words
eak beak meak seak reak leak keak feak deak teak peak creak speak fleak steak break sneak bleak aleak freak
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