crippled

English

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Adjective

crippled

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

   1848 "A crippled man, twenty years older than you, whom you will have to wait on?" — Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, Chapter 17.

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

   1893 The Percy Driscoll estate was in such a crippled shape when its owner died that it could pay only sixty percent of its great indebtedness, and was settled at that rate. — Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson.

Antonyms

• noncrippled
• uncrippled

Translations

having a physical impediment

Chamicuro: kos̈ho Finnish: rampa (fi) French: estropié (fr) m. German: verkrüppelt (de)

Portuguese: aleijado (pt) Russian: искалеченный (ru) (iskaléčennyj), изувеченный (ru) (izuvéčennyj) Spanish: cojo (es)

Verb

crippled

1. Simple past tense and past participle of cripple.