debility C2 Topic:Health & Medicine US /dəˈbɪləti/ UK /dɪˈbɪlɪti/ See IPA manual Freq #169322 Meanings 1 noun physical or mental weakness, especially weakness caused by illness or age Months of illness left him in a state of profound debility. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · physical or mental... weaknessfrailtyinfirmityenfeeblement ↔ Opposites strengthvigorrobustness Word family Related forms debilitatedebilitateddebilitating Etymology From Middle English debylite, through Old French debilite from Latin debilitas ("weakness"), based on debilis ("weak or infirm"). Topics Health & Medicine External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # debility **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /dəˈbɪləti/ **IPA (UK):** /dɪˈbɪlɪti/ **Frequency rank:** 169322 ## Meanings 1. physical or mental weakness, especially weakness caused by illness or age ## Examples - Months of illness left him in a state of profound debility. ## Synonyms - weakness - frailty - infirmity - enfeeblement ## Antonyms - strength - vigor - robustness ## Related Forms - debilitate - debilitated - debilitating ## Etymology From Middle English debylite, through Old French debilite from Latin debilitas ("weakness"), based on debilis ("weak or infirm"). ## Topics - Health & Medicine markdown