Synonyms for crippled
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : krip-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkrɪp əl |
Top 10 synonyms for crippled Other synonyms for the word crippled
Définition 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
- 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.
Antonyms for crippled
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