Collocations for weak - adj.
VERBS
appear,
be,
feel,
look,
seem,
sound
become, get, go, grow
remain
leave sb, make sb
When the spasm passed, it left him weak and sweating.
become, get, go, grow
remain
leave sb, make sb
When the spasm passed, it left him weak and sweating.
ADVERB
extremely,
fairly,
very,
etc.
decidedly, especially, exceptionally, incredibly, particularly
a little, slightly, etc.
comparatively, relatively
fundamentally
curiously
He complained of feeling curiously weak and faint.
decidedly, especially, exceptionally, incredibly, particularly
a little, slightly, etc.
comparatively, relatively
fundamentally
curiously
He complained of feeling curiously weak and faint.
surprisingly
dangerously
notoriously
pathetically, pitifully
suddenly
Her legs felt suddenly weak.
dangerously
notoriously
pathetically, pitifully
suddenly
Her legs felt suddenly weak.
inherently
The judge decided the evidence was inherently weak and inconsistent.
The judge decided the evidence was inherently weak and inconsistent.
economically,
financially,
mentally,
militarily,
morally,
physically,
politically
PREPOSITION
at
She's rather weak at languages.
She's rather weak at languages.
from
She was weak from shock.
She was weak from shock.
in
He's weak in English.
He's weak in English.
on
The essay was rather weak on detail.
The essay was rather weak on detail.
with
He was weak with hunger.
He was weak with hunger.
Weak is used with these nouns:
acid, argument, arm, attempt, balance sheet, bladder, case, character, chest, chin, coffee, constitution, correlation, cry, currency, current, economy, ego, excuse, force, foundation, government, gravity, grip, heart, hold, knee, leader, leadership, leg, light, link, market, monarchy, performance, personality, point, position, pulse, reception, ruler, showing, signal, smile, solution, spot, state, stem, stomach, stress, sun, sunlight, support, syllable, tea, team, tie, version, voice, vowel, will, wrist
acid, argument, arm, attempt, balance sheet, bladder, case, character, chest, chin, coffee, constitution, correlation, cry, currency, current, economy, ego, excuse, force, foundation, government, gravity, grip, heart, hold, knee, leader, leadership, leg, light, link, market, monarchy, performance, personality, point, position, pulse, reception, ruler, showing, signal, smile, solution, spot, state, stem, stomach, stress, sun, sunlight, support, syllable, tea, team, tie, version, voice, vowel, will, wrist