The word "flaw" is not used so often in everyday communication, it is mainly found in literary works. And although this is not the most common word, knowing its meaning is still useful for every intelligent person. Let's figure out what a flaw is. The article will also look at synonyms for the word and examples of use.
Definition
What is a flaw? This word has two meanings: the first is a vice, an undesirable feature (of development, character or behavior), a weak point. The second meaning is damage, lack (of funds, resources).
In modern literary speech, the first definition is usually used.
In most explanatory dictionaries, in order to answer the question of what a flaw is, the authors provide a list of synonyms that can replace this word, because it is rather difficult to give a definition without them.
The word got into the Russian language from the Persian language.
Examples
To better understand what a flaw is, here are examples of the use of this word:
- "He's not a bad person, but he has one flaw - he drinks too much."
- "She wasvery attractive, but the flaws in her behavior annoyed those present."
In the examples given, this word means lack. This synonym can be replaced in all the above sentences. Defect - a synonym for the word flaw - can also be used. You can use other synonyms: vice, imperfection, defect, weakness - which are used depending on the context, for example:
- "His buddy hides his physical vice from everyone."
- "His main flaw is irritability."
- "There is one flaw in your work - too superficial analysis."
- "She tried to hide her flaws in her pronunciation, but didn't succeed."
Lack of material resources, resources, labor, loss can also be described using this word or its synonyms:
- "Ivan wanted to buy horses, but there was a flaw in the money."
- "The peasant built a hut, but he was a worker as a flaw."
Now in this sense the word is used extremely rarely, mainly in literature to create a certain style in historical books.
