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The Meaning of frail

  • (n.) A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.
  • (n.) The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.
  • (n.) A rush for weaving baskets.
  • (superl) Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.
  • (superl) Tender.
  • (superl) Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women.

Synonyms

fallible , fragile , imperfect , weak , delicate , watery , infirm , unaccented , weakly , rickety , debile , sapless , washy , faint , decrepit , light , feeble , slight , tenuous , ticklish , soft , touchy , thin , flimsy , finespun , light-boned

Antonyms

broad-shouldered , unbreakable , cast-iron , strapping , burly , sturdy , big-chested , husky , square-shouldered , stalwart , iron , square-built , nonhuman , half-hardy , chesty , big-shouldered , robust , beefy , big-boned , hardy , heavy-armed , vigorous , buirdly , stout

Rhymes

abigail , ail , airedale , airmail , ale , amell , ancell , assail , avail , avenell , averell , avondale , bail , baile , bale , balle , barksdale , barrell , bartell , bayle , beyl , blackmail , bloomingdale , borrell , brail , braille , cail , cale , carbondale , cardell , carrell , cartmell , carvell , clydesdale , coattail , cocktail , correll , countervail , coverdale , curtail , dail , daile , dale , dayle , derail , detail , deverell , doornail , dovetail , downscale , drail , dralle , email , entail , exhale , fail , faile , faille , fairytale , fantail , farmingdale , farthingale , female , ferndale , fingernail , flail , folktale , foxtail , gael , gail , gaile , gale , galle , garrell , gayle , glendale , gorrell , grail , guardrail , hail , haile , hale , handrail , heyl , hillsdale , hobnail , horsetail , impale , inhale , jail , jamail , jarrell , jerrell , kail , kale , kvale , lail , lavell , levell , macphail , mail , maile , maille , male , marcell , martingale , mayle , mcgrail , mchale , mikhail , modell , monorail , mortell , nadell , nail , naill , nale , nathanael , oakdale , orrell , pail , pale , parcell , perrell , ponytail , pralle , presale , prevail , quail , quale , quayle , quesnell , radell , rael , rafale , rail , raile , rayl , resale , retail , revell , riverdale , sail , sale , salle , savell , sayle , scale , scarsdale , schmale , scottsdale , shale , smail , smale , snail , soleil , spale , springdale , stale , sumrell , sunnyvale , swale , tail , taille , tale , teasdale , telltale , thumbnail , toenail , trail , tramell , travail , uniondale , unveil , upscale , vail , vaile , vale , valle , veil , verrell , wail , wale , weyl , whale , wholesale , withnail , yale , zale