listening, audition, perceiving, earshot, attention, heed, awareness, comprehension, understanding, reception, sense, detection, monitoring, overhearing, eavesdropping, auscultation, auditory percepti... [more]
weak - delicate - fragile - feeble - brittle - infirm - slight - flimsy - breakable - insubstantial - decrepit - sickly - puny - spindly - wobbly - rickety - unstable - vulnerable - tenuous - unsubstantial - faint - thin - wispy - dainty - frangible - perishable - effete - enfeebled - withered - sapless - wasted - etiolated - sapped - unsteady - tottering - doddering - debilitated - enervated - languid - listless - faint-hearted - faint-spirited - faintish - fainty - frailish - frailly - frailness - frailty
Frail refers to a state of being weak, delicate, or easily broken, often due to old age or illness. A frail person may have difficulty performing everyday tasks and may be more susceptible to injuries. The term can also be applied to objects that are not sturdy or resilient.