crippled

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/ˈkɹɪpəld/

adjective

Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.

“a crippled version of the software, lacking many features”

Similar
halthaltinglamegimpygameunfit
Opposite
noncrippleduncrippled
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Meanings

adjective
  1. offensiveusuallyHaving a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.

    A crippled man, twenty years older than you, whom you will have to wait on?

    1848, Charlotte Bronte, chapter 17, in Jane Eyre, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2014
    1 more example

    So they gathered the crippled, the wounded, the maimed, and they shipped us back home to Australia. The legless, the armless, the blind, the insane, those proud wounded heroes of Suvla.

    1971, Eric Bogle, “And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda”
  2. informalHaving any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.

    a crippled version of the software, lacking many features

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of cripple

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
noncrippleduncrippled

adjectivedisabled in the feet or legs

Similar
halthaltinglamegimpygameunfit
Also see
gamegimpyhalthaltinglame

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bengali খোঁড়া
  • খোঁড়া (khō̃ṛa)having a physical impediment
Bulgarian сакат
  • сакат (sakat)having a physical impediment
Catalan esguerrat
  • esguerrathaving a physical impediment
Danish forkrøblet
  • forkrøblethaving a physical impediment
Dutch verminkt, kreupel
  • verminkthaving a physical impediment
  • kreupelhaving a physical impediment
Esperanto kripla, lama
  • kriplahaving a physical impediment
  • lamahaving a physical impediment
Finnish rampa
  • rampahaving a physical impediment
French estropié
  • estropiéhaving a physical impediment
German verkrüppelt
  • verkrüppelthaving a physical impediment
Greek σακάτης, ανάπηρος
  • σακάτης (sakátis)having a physical impediment
  • ανάπηρος (anápiros)having a physical impediment
Hebrew נָכֶה
  • נָכֶה (naché)having a physical impediment
Hungarian nyomorék, kripli
  • nyomorékhaving a physical impediment
  • kriplihaving a physical impediment
  • bénahaving a physical impediment
Irish creapailte
  • creapailtehaving a physical impediment
Italian storpio, zoppo
  • storpiohaving a physical impediment
  • zoppohaving a physical impediment
Latin mancus, claudus
  • mancushaving a physical impediment
  • claudushaving a physical impediment
Polish kaleki, okaleczony
  • kalekihaving a physical impediment
  • okaleczonyhaving a physical impediment
Portuguese aleijado, coxo
  • aleijadohaving a physical impediment
  • coxohaving a physical impediment
Romanian schilod, infirm
  • schilodhaving a physical impediment
  • infirmhaving a physical impediment
Russian искале́ченный, изуве́ченный
  • искале́ченный (iskaléčennyj)having a physical impediment
  • изуве́ченный (izuvéčennyj)having a physical impediment
Spanish cojo, lisiado
  • cojohaving a physical impediment
  • lisiadohaving a physical impediment
Swedish lytt
  • lytthaving a physical impediment
Cite this entry
APA

crippled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crippled

MLA

“crippled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crippled. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crippled,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crippled.

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