Weak as a kitten
Feeble and fragile, as in After that bout with flu she was weak as a kitten. This simile has largely replaced weak as a cat, from the early 1800s.
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- Weaken
verb (used with object) 1. to make weak or weaker. 2. Phonetics. to change (a speech sound) to an articulation requiring less effort, as from geminate to nongeminate or from stop to fricative. verb (used without object) 3. to become weak or weaker. verb 1. to become or cause to become weak or weaker
- Weak-ending
noun, Prosody. 1. a verse ending in which the metrical stress falls on a word or syllable that would not be stressed in natural utterance, as a preposition, the object of which is carried over to the next line.
- Weakened
verb (used with object) 1. to make weak or weaker. 2. Phonetics. to change (a speech sound) to an articulation requiring less effort, as from geminate to nongeminate or from stop to fricative. verb (used without object) 3. to become weak or weaker. verb 1. to become or cause to become weak or weaker
- Weaker
adjective, weaker, weakest. 1. not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor. 2. lacking in bodily strength or healthy vigor, as from age or sickness; feeble; infirm: a weak old man; weak eyes. 3. not having much political strength, governing power, […]
- Weaker-sex
noun, Older Use: Sometimes Offensive. 1. the female sex; women (usually used facetiously): my life as a member of the weaker sex. noun 1. the female sex