vulnerable
adjective /ˈvʌl.nər.ə.bl̩/ /ˈvʌn.rə-/
/ˈvʌl.nɚ.ə-/ Definition
C2 able to be easily physically, emotionally, or mentally hurt, influenced, or attacked: I felt very vulnerable, standing there without any clothes on. It is on economic policy that the government is most vulnerable. Tourists are more vulnerable to attack, because they do not know which areas of the city to avoid.Weakness and vulnerability vulnerability /ˌvʌl.nər.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ /ˌvʌn.rə-/
/ˌvʌl.nɚ.əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/ noun [U] Weakness and vulnerability
/ˌvʌl.nɚ.əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/ noun [U] Weakness and vulnerability (Definition of vulnerable adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- Achilles heel noun
- at a low ebb idiom
- be (only) flesh and blood idiom
- be sb's poodle idiom
- chink in sb's armour idiom
- faint adjective (SLIGHT)
- frailty noun
- impotence noun (LACK OF POWER)
- impotent adjective (LACKING POWER)
- indefensible adjective
- lax adjective
- man of straw noun (WEAK)
- supine adjective (CHARACTER)
- susceptibility noun
- susceptible adjective (INFLUENCED)
- toothless adjective (NO POWER)
- underbelly noun
- unprotected adjective
- unsteady adjective
- wraith noun
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