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doddering, senile
adj. mentally or physically infirm with age; "his mother was doddering and frail"
Fuzzynyms (29)
feebleminded, half-witted, slow-witted
adj. mentally deficient
dim, dull, slow, dumb, dense, obtuse
adj. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students"
retarded
adj. relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development; "providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded"
slow
adj. not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth"
infirm, bedfast, bedridden, bedrid, sick-abed
adj. confined to bed (by illness)
debilitated, enfeebled, infirm, seedy
adj. full of seeds; "as seedy as a fig"
weak, infirm, feeble, decrepit, weakly
adj. lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
adynamic, asthenic, debilitated, enervated
adj. lacking strength or vigor
Synonyms (35)
advanced, ripe
adj. far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90"
aged, senior, older, elderly
adj. advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen"
aged, of age
adj. having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable); "aged ten"; "ten years of age"
aging, ageing, senescent
adj. growing old
ancient
adj. very old; "an ancient mariner"
anile
adj. of or like a feeble old woman
centenarian
adj. being at least 100 years old
retired, emeritus
adj. honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus'; `retired from assigned duties' need not imply that one is inactive
gray, grey, hoar, hoary, gray-haired, grey-haired, gray-headed, grey-headed
adj. showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"
nonagenarian
adj. being from 90 to 99 years old; "the nonagenarian inhabitants of the nursing home"
octogenarian
adj. being from 80 to 89 years old
oldish
adj. somewhat elderly
superannuated, overage, overaged
adj. too old to be useful; "He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope
retired, superannuated
adj. discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a pension; "a superannuated civil servant"
sexagenarian
adj. being from 60 to 69 years old; "the sexagenarian population is growing"
venerable
adj. impressive by reason of age; "a venerable sage with white hair and beard"
year-old
adj. having reached an age as specified: "a two-year-old toddler"
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