Antonyms for crippled

Grammar : Adj

Spell : krip-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkrɪp əl

Definition of crippled

Origin : Old English crypel, related to cryppan "to crook, bend," from Proto-Germanic *krupilaz (cf. Old Frisian kreppel, Middle Dutch cropel, German krüppel, Old Norse kryppill). Possibly also related to Old English creopan "to creep" (creopere, literally "creeper," was another Old English word for "crippled person").

adj disabled

Example sentences :

Without it he is helpless, lost at sea, wing broken, crippled in business.
Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton

She felt a cramp around her root That crippled every outmost shoot.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various

Behind me came a long line of trucks packed with sick or crippled men.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

I have come back as poor in purse as I went, and crippled for life besides.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

He was crippled, and leaned full weight with both hands on his stick.
Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael

The expedition to Shropshire crippled the Basts permanently.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

He figured he had plenty of time because the Yank was crippled.
Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery

Are you going to bring that lamp, you son of a crippled mud-turtle?
Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad

On the same day he healed a boy, crippled and drawn with fever.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

The poor little fellow was crippled and lame, so he rarely left the shed.
Extract from : « The Rambles of a Rat » by A. L. O. E.

Synonyms for crippled

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