Definition of frail

"frail" in the noun sense

1. frail

the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs between 50 and 75 pounds

2. frail

a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)

"frail" in the adjective sense

1. frail

physically weak

"an invalid's frail body"

2. fallible, frail, imperfect, weak

wanting in moral strength, courage, or will having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings

"I'm only a fallible human"

"frail humanity"

3. delicate, fragile, frail

easily broken or damaged or destroyed

"a kite too delicate to fly safely"

"fragile porcelain plates"

"fragile old bones"

"a frail craft"

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Quotations for frail

Error is frail. [ Zoroaster ]

Beauty is a frail good. [ Ovid ]

Rely not too much on frail hope. [ Seneca ]

Man is frail, and prone to evil. [ Jeremy Taylor ]

Oh, frail estate of human things! [ Dryden ]

But we all are men.
In our own natures frail; and capable
Of our flesh, few are angels. [ William Shakespeare ]

A globe of dew
Filling, in the morning new.
Some eyed flower, whose young leaves waken
On an unimagined world;
Constellated suns unshaken,
Orbits measureless are furled
In that frail and fading sphere.
With ten millions gathered there
To tremble, gleam and disappear. [ Shelley ]

Sorrow for past ills, doth restore frail man
To his first innocence. [ Nabbs ]

I hate ingratitude more in a man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice, whose strong corruption
Inhabits our frail blood. [ William Shakespeare ]

Circumstances that render us frail, only show how frail we are. [ Mme. de Choiseul ]

Frail empire of a day! That with the setting sun extinct is lost. [ Somerville ]

All men are frail; but thou shouldst reckon none so frail as thyself. [ Thomas a Kempis ]

Beauty, frail flower that every season fears, blooms in thy colors for a thousand years. [ Pope ]

For these attacks do not contribute to make us frail but rather show us to be what we are. [ Thomas a Kempis ]

Midnight, - strange mystic hour, - when the veil between the frail present and the eternal future grows thin. [ Mrs. Stowe ]

It is vain to trust in wrong; it is like erecting a building upon a frail foundation, and which will directly be sure to topple over. [ Hosea Ballou ]

I was walking in the street, a beggar stopped me, — a frail old man. His inflamed, tearful eyes, blue lips, rough rags, disgusting sores . . . oh, how horribly poverty had disfigured the unhappy creature! He stretched out to me his red, swollen, filthy hand. He groaned and whimpered for alms. I felt in all my pockets. No purse, watch, or handkerchief did I find. I had left them all at home. The beggar waited and his out-stretched hand twitched and trembled slightly. Embarrassed and confused, I seized his dirty hand and pressed it. Don't be vexed with me, brother; I have nothing with me, brother. The beggar raised his bloodshot eyes to mine; his blue lips smiled, and he returned the pressure of my chilled fingers. Never mind, brother, stammered he; thank you for this — this, too, was a gift, brother. I felt that I, too, had received a gift from my brother. [ Ivan Tourgueneff ]

frail in Scrabble®

The word frail is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters frail:

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FLAIR
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frail in Words With Friends™

The word frail is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters frail:

FRAIL
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FLAIR
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Words within the letters of frail

2 letter words in frail (5 words)

3 letter words in frail (4 words)

4 letter words in frail (9 words)

5 letter words in frail (Anagrams) (2 words)

frail + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence frail

Words that start with frail (7 words)

Words with frail in them (1 word)

Words that end with frail (1 word)

Word Growth involving frail

Shorter words in frail

ai ail rail

Longer words containing frail

frailer

frailest

frailly

frailness

frailties

frailty