Meaning
faint, feeble, weak
- Barely audible, plaintive, or faint (used especially of sounds, voices, or lights).
In a sentence
Dalla stanza accanto proveniva un flebile lamento d'aiuto.
A faint cry for help was coming from the next room.
Ha risposto con una voce così flebile che quasi non l'ho sentita.
She answered with such a faint voice that I barely heard her.
Una flebile luce filtrava attraverso le persiane chiuse.
A faint light filtered through the closed shutters.
Word forms (4)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| flebile | masculine · singular |
| flebile | feminine · singular |
| flebili | masculine · plural |
| flebili | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Formal or literary. Most commonly paired with 'voce', 'lamento', or 'luce'.