Brawny and Weak

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Brawny

Brawny adjective - Having muscles capable of exerting great physical force.
Usage example: the store manager always asked the brawniest person there to do the heavy lifting
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Weak is an antonym for brawny in muscular topic.
Nearby Word: brawn

Weak

Weak adjective - Lacking bodily strength.
Usage example: the little boy was simply too weak to lift the box
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Brawny is an antonym for weak.
Nearby Words: weaken, weakness, weakly, weakening, weakling
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  • Friendless Background How to Train Your Dragon: Hiccup is ostracized and bullied by his entire community for being weak and relying on his brain rather than brawny.
    Source: Friendless Background
  • Brains: Evil; Brawn: Good Abe was a brawny sergeant in the 1940s, while Monty was - and continues to be - so physically weak that a baby is stronger than him.
    Source: Brains: Evil; Brawn: Good
  • Film / The Librarian He's accompanied in each movie by a tough-as-nails companion, who's always an attractive woman in a deliberate subversion of the "brawny man, weak woman" stereotype (Carsen himself can't fight worth a damn when it comes to throwing kicks and punches).
    Source: Film / The Librarian
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