infirmities
Chronic health problems
Infirmities are weaknesses or ailments, especially those associated with age or illness.
The word carries a somewhat formal or literary tone: the infirmities of old age, despite his infirmities, he remained sharp-witted.
Infirmity can also refer to moral weakness or frailty of character, though this sense is less common today.
Bodily disorders or malfunctions
- illnessesConditions of poor health
- conditionsPrevailing state of affairs
- disordersAbnormal physical or mental conditions
- afflictionsSources of suffering
maladies · complaints · sicknesses · chronic pain · arthritis · rheumatism · gout · palsy
Ease of breaking
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
- brittlenessProne to snapping
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- feeblenessLack of strength
decrepitude · debilitation · shakiness · unsteadiness · weakness · enfeeblement · diminishment · deterioration
Impaired strength or vitality
- incapacityLack of ability
- powerlessnessInability to affect outcomes
- impotenceLack of strength or power
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
fatigue · enervation · languor · prostration · lethargy · listlessness · reduced mobility · dependency
Gradual functional decline with age
- elderlyAdvanced in age
- old ageAdvanced years of life
- dotageAge-related mental weakness
- decrepitudeWornness from age
geriatric · octogenarian · nonagenarian · centenarian · age-related decline · hearing loss · memory loss · stooped posture
diseases
Bodily disorders or malfunctions
- illnessesConditions of poor health
- conditionsPrevailing state of affairs
- disordersAbnormal physical or mental conditions
afflictions · maladies · complaints · sicknesses · chronic pain · arthritis · rheumatism · gout · palsy · lameness
fragility
Ease of breaking
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
- brittlenessProne to snapping
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
feebleness · decrepitude · debilitation · shakiness · unsteadiness · weakness · enfeeblement · diminishment · deterioration · decline
debility
Impaired strength or vitality
- incapacityLack of ability
- powerlessnessInability to affect outcomes
- impotenceLack of strength or power
exhaustion · fatigue · enervation · languor · prostration · lethargy · listlessness · reduced mobility · dependency · helplessness
senescence
Gradual functional decline with age
decrepitude · geriatric · octogenarian · nonagenarian · centenarian · age-related decline · hearing loss · memory loss · stooped posture · slowing down
infirmitieshealth
Condition of body, mind
wellness · soundness · wholeness · healthiness · good health
infirmitiesstrength
Power to exert force
vigor · vitality · robustness · hardiness · sturdiness
infirmitiessoundness
Reliability of structure
integrity · resilience · durability · sturdiness · fortitude