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heikkous — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • albatross noun A large seabird with long narrow wings and a hooked beak, found mainly over the Southern Ocean and North Pacific, famous for gliding vast distances without flapping.
  • fault noun Responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing.
  • foible noun A small, slightly odd habit or personal quirk.
  • fragility noun The quality of being easily broken, damaged, or destabilized.
  • soft spot noun A particular fondness or affection for someone or something, often one that overrides better judgment.
  • vulnerability noun The state of being open to being hurt, attacked, or emotionally exposed.
  • weakness noun The state of lacking strength or power.

Senses

heikkous is used for these senses in English:

  • albatross (figurative) A long-term impediment, burden, or curse.
  • fault (morality) A failing of character; less severe than a vice.
  • foible A weakness or failing of character.
  • fragility Weakness; feebleness.
  • soft spot A point of vulnerability in a defence.
  • vulnerability (countable) A specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.
  • weakness (uncountable) The condition of being weak.

albatross — full definition

  1. noun A large seabird with long narrow wings and a hooked beak, found mainly over the Southern Ocean and North Pacific, famous for gliding vast distances without flapping.
  2. noun A heavy burden, problem, or source of guilt that someone cannot get rid of.

fault — full definition

  1. noun Responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing.
  2. noun A flaw, weakness, or shortcoming in a person, object, or system.
  3. noun (geology) A fracture in rock along which the two sides have shifted relative to each other.
  4. verb To find something wrong with, or blame, someone or something.
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