foible
noun
1 foible
A behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual.
synonyms: idiosyncrasy, mannerism.
Roget 945:
vice;
evil-doing,
evil courses;
wrongdoing;
wickedness,
viciousness
etc.
adj.;
iniquity,
peccability†,
demerit;
sin,
Adam†;
old Adam†,
offending Adam†.
immorality,
impropriety,
indecorum,
scandal,
laxity,
looseness of morals;
enphagy†,
dophagy†,
exophagy†;
want of principle,
want of ballast;
obliquity,
backsliding,
infamy,
demoralization,
pravity†,
depravity,
pollution;
hardness of heart;
brutality
etc.
(malevolence)
907;
corruption
etc.
(debasement)
659;
knavery
etc.
(improbity)
940†;
profligacy;
flagrancy,
atrocity;
cannibalism;
lesbianism,
Sadism.
infirmity;
weakness
etc.
adj.;
weakness of the flesh,
frailty,
imperfection;
error;
weak side;
foible;
failing,
failure;
crying sin,
besetting sin;
defect,
deficiency;
cloven foot.
lowest dregs of vice,
sink of iniquity,
Alsatian den†;
gusto picaresco [It].
fault,
crime;
criminality
etc.
(guilt)
947.
sinner
etc.
949.
[Resorts]
brothel
etc.
961;
gambling house
etc.
621;
joint [Slang],
opium den,
shooting gallery,
crack house.
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Dutch: persoonlijke eigenaardigheid, jargon, eigenaardigheid, eigenheid
Polish: idiosynkrazja
2 foible
The weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip.
Moby thesaurus: bad habit, besetting sin, blemish, bug, catch, crack, crotchet, defect, defection, deficiency, drawback, eccentricity, failing, failure, fault, faute, flaw, frailty, hang-up, hole, idiosyncrasy, imperfection, inadequacy, infirmity, kink, little problem, moral flaw, peculiarity, preoccupation, problem, quirk, rift, shortcoming, snag, something missing, taint, vice, vulnerable place, weak link, weak point, weak side, weakness ... show more.
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