Thesaurus / foible
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Human foibles have never been more readily apparent, or more easily exposed.
WHERE IS THE NEXT MLK?SEAN CULLIGANAPRIL 9, 2021OZYIt’s a provocative, entertaining book that, much like Wolfe did, exposes our collective foibles and makes everybody look a little cartoonish.
DAVID DUCHOVNY WANTS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AS A NOVELIST. HIS NEW BOOK MAKES A GOOD CASE.MARK ATHITAKISFEBRUARY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThese scientists aren’t necessarily familiar with the quirks and foibles of interferometric arrays.
SETI: NEW SIGNAL EXCITES ALIEN HUNTERS—HERE’S HOW WE COULD FIND OUT IF IT’S REALMICHAEL GARRETTJANUARY 7, 2021SINGULARITY HUB The Steelers are indeed playing awful football, but most of their foibles are on the offensive side of the ball.
THE STEELERS, SAINTS AND RAMS AREN’T FINISHING STRONG. FOR THE PLAYOFFS, IT MIGHT NOT MATTER.NEIL GREENBERGDECEMBER 26, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThe narrative fleshes out humanlike foibles that strike chords in your heart.
‘BUGSNAX’ IS CHARMING AND FUNNY, BUT SAPPED BY VEXING GAMEPLAYHAROLD GOLDBERGNOVEMBER 9, 2020WASHINGTON POSTHis foible met the flash of the other man's forte, and his blade bounced aside like a sprung bow.
THE GREAT POTLATCH RIOTSALLEN KIM LANGIl ne suffit pas de dire que l'esprit est foible, il faut lui faire sentir ses foiblesses.
A SYSTEM OF LOGIC: RATIOCINATIVE AND INDUCTIVEJOHN STUART MILLEmancipation is all a delusion, a foible, a fantasy, an idle dream!
THE RIGHT OF AMERICAN SLAVERYTRUE WORTHY HOITJudith consented to consult her; Mary soon found out the foible of the poor woman.
YORKSHIRE ODDITIES, INCIDENTS AND STRANGE EVENTSS. BARING-GOULDAnd now and then a human foible might be recorded by the stonemason without risk of undermining society's foundations.
ADVENTURES AND ENTHUSIASMSE. V. LUCASWORDS RELATED TO FOIBLE
- carnalities
- corruptions
- debasement
- debauchery
- decay
- degeneracies
- depravities
- evildoings
- evils
- ills
- immorality
- indecencies
- iniquities
- lecheries
- lewdness
- libidinousnesses
- licentiousness
- looseness
- lubricities
- lust
- maleficences
- malignances
- offenses
- perversions
- profligacy
- rots
- sensuality
- squalor
- transgressions
- trespasses
- venality
- wickedness
- wrongs
- Achilles heel
- appetite
- blemish
- chink in armor
- debility
- decrepitude
- deficiency
- delicacy
- enervation
- failing
- faintness
- fault
- feebleness
- flaw
- foible
- fondness
- fragility
- frailty
- gap
- impairment
- imperfection
- impotence
- inclination
- inconstancy
- indecision
- infirmity
- instability
- invalidity
- irresolution
- lack
- languor
- lapse
- liking
- passion
- penchant
- powerlessness
- predilection
- proclivity
- prostration
- senility
- shortcoming
- soft spot
- sore point
- taste
- vice
- vitiation
- vulnerability
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