DISABLING

crippling, disabling, incapacitating

(adjective) that cripples or disables or incapacitates; “a crippling injury”

disabling, disqualifying

(adjective) depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified; “certain disabling restrictions disqualified him for citizenship”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

disabling

present participle of disable

Anagrams

• Big Island, biligands, bisligand

Source: Wiktionary


DISABLE

Dis*a"ble, a.

Definition: Lacking ability; unable. [Obs.] "Our disable and unactive force." Daniel.

Dis*a"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disabled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disabling.]

1. To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force, vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent physical or intellectual power; to incapacitate; to disqualify; to make incompetent or unfit for service; to impair. A Christian's life is a perpetual exercise, a wrestling and warfare, for which sensual pleasure disables him. Jer. Taylor. And had performed it, if my known offense Had not disabled me. Milton. I have disabled mine estate. Shak.

2. (Law)

Definition: To deprive of legal right or qualification; to render legally incapable. An attainder of the ancestor corrupts the blood, and disables his children to inherit. Blackstone.

3. To deprive of that which gives value or estimation; to declare lacking in competency; to disparage; to undervalue. [Obs.] "He disabled my judgment." Shak.

Syn.

– To weaken; unfit; disqualify; incapacitate.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

30 June 2025

BODILY

(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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