CRIPPLED

crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game

(adjective) disabled in the feet or legs; “a crippled soldier”; “a game leg”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Adjective

crippled

(usually offensive) Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.

(usually offensive) Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.

Antonyms

• noncrippled

• uncrippled

Verb

crippled

simple past tense and past participle of cripple

Source: Wiktionary

Crip"pled (krp"p'ld), a.

Definition: Lamed; lame; disabled; impeded. "The crippled crone." Longfellow.

CRIPPLE

Crip"ple (krp"p'l), n. Etym: [OE. cripel, crepel, crupel, AS. crypel (akin to D. kreuple, G. kr, Dan. kr, Icel. kryppill), prop., one that can not walk, but must creep, fr. AS. cre to creep. See Creep.]

Definition: One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled. I am a cripple in my limbs; but what decays are in my mind, the reader must determine. Dryden.

Crip"ple (krp"p'l), a.

Definition: Lame; halting. [R.] "The cripple, tardy-gaited night." Shak.

Crip"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crippled (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crippling (-plng).]

1. To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to lame. He had crippled the joints of the noble child. Sir W. Scott.

2. To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled. More serious embarrassments . . . were crippling the energy of the settlement in the Bay. Palfrey. An incumbrance which would permanently cripple the body politic. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

CRIPPLED

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