Cripple

/ˈkɹɪp(ə)l/

Synonyms for "cripple" (170 found)

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Closest matches (34)

abate amputee attenuate batter blunt break bugger burden castrate cramp cumber damage damp dampende energizede-energize deaden debase debilitate defective

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deform deformity demoralize deplete destroy devitalize

Noun(3 words)

barrier brick bricking

Verb(4 words)

bricked castrated castrates devastates

Adjective(1 words)

devastating

Strong matches (51)

disable disarm disenable dismember drain dull emasculate embarrass encumber enervate enfeeble enmesh ensnarl entangle entoil entrammel entrap entwine eviscerate exhaust

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extenuate fetter frustrate gruel hamper hamstring handicap handicappedhandicapped personhobblehors de combathurt idiot imbecile immobilize impair impede inactivate

Noun(12 words)

disabledisabled personduding gimp guts hamstring hamstringing hamstringshandicapped personhindrance impair impediment

Verb(1 words)

hamstrung

Related words (85)

incapable incapacitate injure invalid involve kibosh lamelay lowlime lumber maim mangle mayhem mitigate mutilate net paralytic paraplegicpress downprostrate

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put quadriplegic queerqueer the worksrattle reduce sabotagesaddle withsap shackle shakeshake upsnarlsoften upspike striketake the edge offtanglethe crippledthe handicappedtoil trammel unbrace undermine unfit unman unnerve unstrengthen unstring weakenweigh downwing wreck

Noun(18 words)

incapacitate kneecap kneecapping kneecaps lamed laming maim maiming obstacle palsying paralyzeperson with disabilityravaging scupper spavin undermine weaken worsts

Verb(14 words)

incapacitating kneecapped lame lames maimed maims mangled nerf paralyse paralyzed paralyzing sabotaged stultified stultify

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

15 entries

damage disablement disadvantage harmhuman beingindividual injury maim mortal obstacle person somebody someone soul weaken

More specific

10 entries

amputeebudget constrainthamstringlogistical delaymaim paralyze paraplegicpolicy bottleneckquadriplegic stymie

Collocations

10 entries

cripple economycripple growthcripple infrastructurecripple productivitycrippled economycrippled populationcrippling debtdisabled personeconomic cripplehandicapped person

Inflections

3 entries

crippled cripples crippling

Derivations

6 entries

crippled crippledness cripplehood crippler crippling cripplingly

Sample sentences

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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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