strengthless C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈstrɛŋθləs/ UK /ˈstrɛŋθləs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj lacking strength; feeble or powerless Fever left him strengthless and unable to rise from bed. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · lacking strength; feeble or... feebleweakpowerlessfrailenervatedimpotent ↔ Opposites strongpowerfulmightystrengthful Word family Derived forms strengthlesslystrengthlessness Related forms strengthstrengthenstrong Etymology AI details From strength + -less. Strength is from Old English strengþu, from strang ('strong'), from Proto-Germanic *strangaz ('tight, strong'). strengþu Old English *strangaz Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # strengthless **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈstrɛŋθləs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈstrɛŋθləs/ ## Meanings 1. lacking strength; feeble or powerless ## Examples - Fever left him strengthless and unable to rise from bed. ## Synonyms - feeble - weak - powerless - frail - enervated - impotent ## Antonyms - strong - powerful - mighty - strengthful ## Derived Forms - strengthlessly - strengthlessness ## Related Forms - strength - strengthen - strong ## Roots and Affixes - Root: strengþu - Root: *strangaz ## Etymology From strength + -less. Strength is from Old English strengþu, from strang ('strong'), from Proto-Germanic *strangaz ('tight, strong'). ## AI Etymology Strengthless is from strength + -less. Strength is from Old English strengþu, from strang ('strong'), from Proto-Germanic *strangaz ('tight, strong'). Important recorded forms include strengþu (Old English) and *strangaz (Proto-Germanic). Morphologically, -less marks absence or lack, so the word names a state defined by being without the quality or thing expressed by the base. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers lacking strength; feeble or powerless. The wider family includes derived forms such as strengthlessly and strengthlessness and related words such as strength, strengthen, and strong. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown