Synonyms for lame

Grammar : Adj

Spell : leym

Phonetic Transcription : leɪm

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Définition of lame

Origin : "silk interwoven with metallic threads," 1922, from French lame, earlier "thin metal plate (especially in armor), gold wire; blade; wave (of the sea)," from Middle French lame, from Latin lamina, lamna "thin piece or flake of metal."

adj unable to walk properly
adj feeble, weak

Example sentences :

The crowd had thickened in front, so that the lame man and the girl had come to a stand.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

The lame girl who played the violin limped down the corridor into the ward.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

"Certainly," I replied, deeply sighing at the recital of so lame a story.
Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen

First the blind, then the deaf and the dumb, then the halt and the lame—and so on.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

"I wish there were crowns for lame boys to win," said Charmides.
Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall

We must call upon him to surrender, and if he refuses we must fire so as to lame, but not to hurt him.
Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous

The lame foreigner with the stick wants a top room down the Yard.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

At first he was so stiff, from lack of practice, that he ran like a lame cow.
Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman

But the lame Immortal did not want to bother with him, and told him to go away.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

And what is more pitiable about her, she is lame in the right leg.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

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