English Explanatory Dictionary

vulnerable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
  2. Open to disclosing one's inner thoughts and feelings, acting in spite of one's instinct to self-preservation.
  3. More likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses.
  4. at moderate risk of extinction though not quite endangered.

Pronunciation

/ˈvʌln(ə)ɹəbl̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vulnerable.wav /ˈvʌn(ə)ɹəbl̩/

Word forms

vulnerable more vulnerable most vulnerable

Etymology

From Late Latin vulnerābilis (“injurious, wounding”), from Latin vulnerō (“to wound”).

Synonyms

defenceless helpless powerless unguarded unprotected weak woundable

Antonyms

durable indomitable invincible invulnerable powerful strong

Derived words

vulnerability vulnerably

Translations

Arabic: عرضة Arabic: عُرْضَة لِلْجَرْح Arabic: هَشّ Arabic: ضَعِيْف Armenian: խոցելի Azerbaijani: dişbatan Basque: zaurgarri Belarusian: уразлі́вы Bulgarian: уязви́м Catalan: vulnerable Chinese Mandarin: 脆弱的 Chinese Mandarin: 敏感的 Chinese Mandarin: 易損的 /易损的 Chinese Mandarin: 弱勢的 /弱势的 Czech: zranitelný Danish: sårbar Dutch: kwetsbaar Esperanto: vundebla Faroese: viðbrekin Finnish: haavoittuvainen Finnish: herkkä French: vulnérable Galician: vulnerable Georgian: დაუცველი Georgian: მოწყვლადი German: verletzlich German: verwundbar German: empfindlich Greek: ευάλωτος Hebrew: פגיע Hindi: असुरक्षित Hungarian: sebezhető Hungarian: sérülékeny Hungarian: veszélyeztetett Hungarian: fenyegetett Hungarian: támadható Icelandic: særanlegur Icelandic: viðkvæmur Indonesian: rentan Irish: soghonta Italian: vulnerabile Japanese: 傷つきやすい Japanese: 脆い Japanese: 弱い Japanese: 脆弱な Kazakh: қорғансыз Khmer: ដែលងាយធ្វើអោយឈឺចាប់ Korean: 상처 입기 쉬운 Korean: 취약한 Korean: 연약한 Latin: forābilis Lithuanian: pažeidžiamas Macedonian: ра́нлив Manx: so-lhottey Māori: pānekeneke Māori: whakaraerae Norwegian Bokmål: sårbar Persian: آسیبپذیر Polish: wrażliwy Polish: bezbronny Portuguese: vulnerável Romanian: vulnerabil
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