Cripple

//ˈkɹɪp(ə)l//

Synonyms for "cripple" (207 found)

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Closest matches (42)

Strong matches (62)

Related words (103)

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Translations

119 translations across 40 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • مُقْعَد noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ինվալիդ noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • հաշմանդամ noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • şikəst noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • кале́ка noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • інвалі́д noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • інвалі́дка noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • сака́т adj (crippled)
  • хром adj (crippled)
  • инвали́д noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • осакатявам verb (to give someone a physical disability)

Catalan

2 entries
  • esguerrada noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • esguerrat noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 廢人 /废人 noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • 殘廢 /残废 noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • 瘸子 noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • 跛子 noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Czech

1 entries
  • mrzák noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Danish

1 entries
  • krøbling noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Dutch

2 entries
  • kreupel adj (crippled)
  • kreupele noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Finnish

4 entries
  • rampa adj (crippled)
  • invalidi noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • rampa noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • vammainen noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

French

3 entries
  • estropié noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • infirme noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • estropier verb (to give someone a physical disability)

Galician

4 entries
  • eivado noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • tolleito noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • eivar verb (to give someone a physical disability)
  • estragar verb (to damage seriously; to destroy)

Georgian

2 entries
  • საპყარი noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • ხეიბარი noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

German

4 entries
  • Krüppel noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • lähmen verb (to give someone a physical disability)
  • verkrüppeln verb (to give someone a physical disability)
  • zunichte machen verb (to damage seriously; to destroy)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • nyomorék noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Irish

1 entries
  • cláiríneach noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Italian

2 entries
  • storpia noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • storpio noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Japanese

4 entries
  • びっこ noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • 不具者 noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • 廃人 noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • 不具にする verb (to give someone a physical disability)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • монҗ noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Korean

2 entries
  • 불구자 noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • 폐인 noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Latin

1 entries
  • debilito verb (to give someone a physical disability)

Latvian

1 entries
  • kroplis noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • са́кат adj (crippled)
  • инвали́д noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • са́катник noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Māori

3 entries
  • kopa noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • whakahauā verb (to give someone a physical disability)
  • whakahauā verb (to damage seriously; to destroy)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • krøpling adj (crippled)
  • krøpling noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Oromo

1 entries
  • naafa noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • قولاق adj (crippled)
  • چولاق adj (crippled)
  • چولاق noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Polish

4 entries
  • kaleki adj (crippled)
  • okaleczony adj (crippled)
  • kaleka noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • okaleczać verb (to give someone a physical disability)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • aleijada noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • aleijado noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Russian

4 entries
  • инвали́д noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • инвали́дка noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • кале́ка noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • изувечить verb (to give someone a physical disability)

Shor

1 entries
  • майрық noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Slovak

2 entries
  • invalid noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • mrzák noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • кенек noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Spanish

4 entries
  • lisiado adj (crippled)
  • lisiada noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • lisiado noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • anquilosar verb (to give someone a physical disability)

Swedish

4 entries
  • funkis noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • funktionshindrad noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • handikappad noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • invalid noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Turkish

1 entries
  • sakat noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • калі́ка noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • інвалі́д noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)
  • інвалі́дка noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Woiwurrung

1 entries
  • ngarrboun noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • קאַליקע noun (person who has severe impairment in physical abilities)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

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It's because of you that I'm a cripple!

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Little Mary was only seven years old when the sad event happened which made her a suffering cripple for life.

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Tom is a cripple.

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I didn't make you a cripple.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.