The meaning of FRAIL is easily broken or destroyed : fragile. How to use frail in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Frail.
Definition of frail adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
FRAIL definition: 1. weak or unhealthy, or easily damaged, broken, or harmed: 2. weak or unhealthy, or easily…. Learn more.
- Physically weak or delicate: an invalid's frail body; in frail health. See Synonyms at weak. 2. Easily broken or destroyed; fragile: a flower with a frail stem. 3. Not strong or substantial; slight: a frail voice; evidence too frail to stand up in court. 4. Easily led astray; morally weak.
frail (third-person singular simple present frails, present participle frailing, simple past and past participle frailed) To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.
FRAIL definition: having delicate health; not robust; weak. See examples of frail used in a sentence.
Physically weak, delicate, or easily breakable. "The frail old woman struggled to walk without assistance." It conveys a sense of vulnerability and a lack of strength or robustness. When used to describe a person, it suggests a state of physical fragility and vulnerability to illness or injury.
Someone who is frail is not very strong or healthy. She lay in bed looking particularly frail.
Not strong or substantial; slight. A frail voice; evidence too frail to stand up in court.
Frail, brittle, fragile imply a delicacy or weakness of substance or construction. Frail applies particularly to health and immaterial things: a frail constitution; frail hopes.