weakness — a tendency towards self indulgence Often tout court of drunkenness, and in phrases such as a weakness for the drink, a weakness for men or women (profligacy), a weakness for boys (homosexuality in men), a weakness for the horses (addiction… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
weakness — weak‧ness [ˈwiːkns] noun 1. [uncountable] a lack of power, success, or influence: • The stock market doesn t fully reflect the weakness in the economy. • With this weakness in the market, buyers are able to name their prices and find willing… … Financial and business terms
weakness — [n] defect, proneness Achilles heel*, appetite*, blemish, chink in armor*, debility, decrepitude, deficiency, delicacy, enervation, failing, faintness, fault, feebleness, flaw, fondness, fragility, frailty, gap, impairment, imperfection,… … New thesaurus
weakness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of strength Nouns 1. weakness, feebleness, debility, debilitation, infirmity, decrepitude, inanition; weariness, enervation, impotence; paleness, colorlessness; disability, attenuation, senility,… … English dictionary for students
strong waters — spirituous intoxicants Not a fast flowing stream: ... [opium] does not one tenth of the harm that strong waters cause among the poorer class. (Fraser, 1985) In Ireland the delightful strong weakness was dipsomania: Bob would be… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
Strong two clubs — In most natural bridge bidding systems, the opening bid of 2♣ is used exclusively for hands too strong for an opening bid at the one level. Systems that incorporate a strong 2 club opening bid include modern Standard American, standard Acol, 2/1… … Wikipedia
Strong club system — In the game of contract bridge, a strong club system is a set of conventions that uses an opening bid of 1Clubs as an artificial, forcing opening that promises a strong hand. Compare this with Standard American, which uses the opening of 2Clubs… … Wikipedia
strong — Ikaika. Also: mahi, kani, wīkani, lawa, lawakua, konakona, pūkonakona, o ole a, kā eo, pa a, konapiliahi, pūkīkī, ho olehua, ho olua, pūkani lua, uo uo, kilakila, mōkila, kila, konāhao, kūlepe, ika. Rare: wīka o, pūlawa, kīkā, maua ālina.… … English-Hawaiian dictionary
weakness*/ — [ˈwiːknəs] noun 1) [U] the state or condition of being weak the increasing weakness of the government[/ex] 2) [C] a fault or problem that makes someone or something less effective or attractive They listed the strengths and weaknesses of their… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
strong point — Synonyms and related words: ability, acropolis, area, bag, bastion, beachhead, blockhouse, bridgehead, bump, bunker, caliber, capability, capacity, castle, citadel, cogency, cup of tea, donjon, dower, dowry, endowment, equipment, faculty,… … Moby Thesaurus
The DVD cover of My Weakness Is Strong.
