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Antonyms for strength


Grammar : Noun
Spell : strengkth, strength, strenth
Phonetic Transcription : strɛŋkθ, strɛŋθ, strɛnθ



Definition of strength

Origin :
  • Old English strengþu "power, force, vigor, moral resistance," from Proto-Germanic *strangitho (cf. Old High German strengida "strength"), in gradational relationship to the root of strong, with Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)).
  • noun stamina, mental or physical
  • noun intensity
  • noun advantage, substance
Example sentences :
  • I know, better than you possibly can, what reasons I have to trust the strength of his affection.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • He was still exerting his strength to the utmost when the whistle of the locomotive was heard.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • He threw himself against the rock and pushed with all the strength he could command.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • It increases in strength and warmth, blowing with a mighty roar.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Haley had grasped him by the shoulder, and in his grasp the boy's strength was nothing.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • From this strength we have contributed to the recovery and progress of the world.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • You have summoned me in my weakness; you must sustain me by your strength.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Cannot our griefs come first, while we have strength to bear them?
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Be happy, and rejoice in your weakness—but turn now to the strong for strength.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Would he be strong or weak; and what would be weakness, and what strength, in a position so strange?
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Synonyms for strength

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