Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of handicap
comparative more handicapped · superlative most handicapped
- derogatoryLimited by an impediment of some kind.
We are so handicapped for means, you see—the old story with this sort of institution. Practically everything we have has been given us at one time or another—it has to be, for there is simply no fund to apply to purchasing.
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivethe total or partial absence of a person's bodily or mental functions, including the absence of a part of a person's body
nounpeople collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan disminuït, minusvàlid
- disminuïthaving a handicap
- minusvàlidhaving a handicap
Chinese Mandarin 殘疾人 /残疾人, 殘疾 /残疾
- 殘疾人 /残疾人 (cánjírén)having a handicap
- 殘疾 /残疾 (cánjí)having a handicap
Dutch gehandicapt, behinderd
- gehandicapthaving a handicap
- behinderdhaving a handicap
- invalidehaving a handicap
- andersvalidehaving a handicap
- mindervalidehaving a handicap
- gebrekkighaving a handicap
- beperkthaving a handicap
Finnish vammainen, vajaakykyinen
- vammainenhaving a handicap
- vajaakykyinenhaving a handicap
French handicapé
- handicapéhaving a handicap
German behindert
- behinderthaving a handicap
Greek ανάπηρος
- ανάπηρος (anápiros)having a handicap
Hebrew נכה
- נכה (nakhe)having a handicap
Hindi विकलांगता
- विकलांगता (viklāṅgtā)having a handicap
Hungarian fogyatékos
- fogyatékoshaving a handicap
Italian handicappato
- handicappatohaving a handicap
Japanese 障害者
- 障害者 (shōgaisha)having a handicap
Korean 불리한
- 불리한 (bullihan)having a handicap
Latin mancus, claudus
- mancushaving a handicap
- claudushaving a handicap
Malay kurang upaya
- kurang upayahaving a handicap
Māori hauā, pūheki
- hauāhaving a handicap
- pūhekiLimited by an impediment of some kind
- pūwhekiLimited by an impediment of some kind
Norwegian Bokmål funksjonshemmet
- funksjonshemmethaving a handicap
Polish niepełnosprawny
- niepełnosprawnyhaving a handicap
Portuguese deficiente
- deficientehaving a handicap
Russian инвали́д
- инвали́д (invalíd)having a handicap
Spanish minusválido, discapacitado
- minusválidohaving a handicap
- discapacitadohaving a handicap
Swedish handikappad, funktionsnedsatt
- handikappadLimited by an impediment of some kind
- funktionsnedsattLimited by an impediment of some kind
- funktionshindradLimited by an impediment of some kind
Turkish engelli, özürlü
- engellihaving a handicap
- özürlühaving a handicap
Cite this entry
handicapped. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handicapped
“handicapped.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handicapped. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “handicapped,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/handicapped.
Source: handicapped on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.