See Also: vulnerable(dictionary)
vulnerable(dictionary)
vulnerable period(medicine)
vulnerable phase(medicine)
vulnerable child syndrome(medicine)

vulnerable (iou)



vulnerable adjective. E17.
[Late Latin vulnerabilis wounding, from vulnerare VULNERATE: see -ABLE. Cf. earlier INVULNERABLE.]
Wounding, injurious. rare. Only in E17.
Able to be wounded; (of a person) able to be physically or emotionally hurt; liable to damage or harm, esp. from aggression or attack, assailable. (Foll. by to.) E17.
W. Perriam I do understand you're feeling very vulnerable. D. Halberstam Our troops..were vulnerable to the night strikes of the Chinese. Soldier of Fortune The vulnerable vital points of the human anatomy.
Bridge. Of a side: liable to increased penalties or bonuses as a result of having won a game. E20.
vulnerability noun the state or quality of being vulnerable E19.
vulnerableness noun E18.
vulnerably adverb M19.