Word: foible

Category: foible

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Related words: foible

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Synonyms: foible

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: foible

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german
Translations:
schwäche
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french
Translations:
faiblesse
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russian
Translations:
изъян, слабость, недостаток, причуда
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czech
Translations:
slabost, slabůstka
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polish
Translations:
dziwactwo, słabostka
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ukrainian
Translations:
кволість, слабкість, слабість, слаба, слабка
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croatian
Translations:
slabost, mekuštvo

The meaning and "use of": foible

noun
  • a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character. - they have to tolerate each other's little foibles
  • the weaker part of a sword blade, from the middle to the point. - Again footwork is often required to create the correct distance to allow you to parry the foible of the attacking blade.

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