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Antonyms for limp

Grammar : Adj, noun, verb
Spell : limp
Phonetic Transcription : lɪmp

Definition of limp

Origin :
  • 1560s, of unknown origin, perhaps related to Middle English lympen "to fall short" (c.1400), which is probably from Old English lemphealt "halting, lame, limping," which has a lone cognate in the rare Middle High German limphin, and perhaps is from a PIE root meaning "slack, loose, to hang down" (cf. Sanskrit lambate "hangs down," Middle High German lampen "to hang down"). Related: Limped; limping. As a noun, 1818, from the verb.
  • adj not stiff; weak
  • noun faltering walk
  • verb walk with faltering step
Example sentences :
  • Mrs. Bines, stooping, took the limp and wide-eyed Paul up in her arms.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • I descended from the bridge with both body and soul like limp rags.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • But the Mercutian was already in his seat, Joan limp beside him.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • He had begun to limp, and this limp increased with the hours.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • His jaws were apart, and through them the tongue protruded, draggled and limp.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • His foot has got well all at once, and there is hardly a sign of a limp.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • Then he sunk down in a chair all limp and sick like, and wiped the sweat off of his face.
  • Extract from : « Tom Sawyer, Detective » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • So limp he was, so drained of strength, he made no effort to tear it loose.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • She felt his temples and his wrists and his limp little body.
  • Extract from : « The Very Small Person » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
  • Never mind about the sorrowful, limp legs under the bedclothes.
  • Extract from : « The Very Small Person » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

Synonyms for limp

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