English to German Meaning of infirm - gebrechlich

Infirm :

gebrechlich

adjective

kränklich, faul, schwach, gebrechlich, schlecht, Ohnmacht, krank, ungesund

Infirm :: gebrechlich

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Definitions of infirm in English

Adjective(1) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality(2) lacking firmness of will or character or purpose

Examples of infirm in English

(1) Norwegian scabies occurs predominantly in elderly, infirm , or immunosuppressed people and in those with mental illness.(2) The development will include an elderly and mentally infirm unit, and 55 residential flats on land adjacent to the cricket ground.(3) Keenly sensitive to these insults, Raglan had to grapple with a French command whose sense of purpose seemed infirm .(4) A constant core activity is humanitarian aid - providing medicine and care for the sick, transporting the infirm , buying bricks or roofing material to repair housing.(5) Too distrustful to delegate his responsibility to his ministers, he was too infirm of will to strike out and follow a consistent course for himself.(6) Furthermore, the home was failing to create an environment where mentally ill and physically infirm people could properly be cared for and safely live alongside each other.(7) Most of the camp's best defenders were absent, out on a hunting trip; the population mainly comprised women, children, and aged or infirm men.(8) Well the sick and infirm crawled out of their beds to play this fine course, but of course they didn't play it very well.(9) The firm also wants to build a new 60-bed nursing home with additional elderly, mentally infirm places.(10) One other category springs to mind - those who are too young, old, sick and infirm to move at all.(11) The Windsor unit cares for seven residents who are mentally infirm and are suffering from Alzheimer's Disease or other types of dementia.(12) David Rigby had worked at Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield for six years when, one night in June, he sneaked into the ward where the infirm pensioner was bedridden.(13) They have spent much of the past 48 hours trying to get the sick, trying to get the infirm , trying to get the elderly off this island.(14) Mentally and physically infirm , he stayed in the jail lobby for three days before anyone noticed him.(15) There are also plans for an eight-bed care facility for elderly, mentally infirm residents, which will be run by Pembrokeshire County Council.(16) While standing for an expanded trade unionism the left has to carefully but firmly distinguish itself from their Congress' infirm vision.

Synonyms

Adjective

1. frail ::

gebrechlich

2. weak ::

schwach

3. feeble ::

schwach

5. decrepit ::

altersschwach

6. disabled ::

behindert

7. ill ::

krank

8. unwell ::

nicht wohl

9. sick ::

krank

10. sickly ::

kränklich

11. indisposed ::

unwohl

12. ailing ::

kränklich

Antonyms

1. mighty ::

mächtig

2. powerful ::

mächtig

3. rugged ::

zerklüftet

4. stalwart ::

stramm

5. stout ::

Stout

6. strong ::

stark

Different Forms

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