weakness
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
weakness/ˈwiːknəs/
▶noun
- 1 the state of being weak.
- 2 a disadvantage or fault.
- 3 a person or thing that one is unable to resist.
■ (weakness for) a self-indulgent liking for.
'weakness' also found in these Oxford entries:
Achilles heel
- akrasia
- alkalosis
- asthenia
- Bell's palsy
- beriberi
- cachexia
- creak
- debility
- egg-bound
- essential
- failing
- fatigue
- flaw
- foible
- foot
- frailty
- general paralysis of the insane
- Guillain–Barré syndrome
- hard
- hunger
- infirmity
- insulin shock
- knee
- myasthenia
- paresis
- plaster saint
- pounce
- spastic
- supine
- vice
