maimed

M3A1I1M3E1D2
US, UK/meɪmd/

adjective

Partially or wholly deprived of the use of some part of the body, usually by wounding or injury.

Similar
mutilatedunfitwounded
OriginMiddle English maymed →
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Meanings

adjectivemaimed (comparative more maimed, superlative most maimed)

comparative more maimed · superlative most maimed

  1. Partially or wholly deprived of the use of some part of the body, usually by wounding or injury.
  2. Impaired or defective in some way.
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of maim

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving a part of the body crippled or disabled

Similar
mutilatedunfit

nounpeople who are wounded

Similar
wounded
Broader
people
Also see
mutilatedwounded

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishmaymed
  2. Englishmaimed

From Middle English maymed, ymaymed. By surface analysis, maim + -ed.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with maimed

namedframedaimedacclaimedblamedunnamedfamedinflamedflamedshamedlamed
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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