Lame

Synonyms for "lame" (144 found)

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Closest matches (29)

abortive awkward bad batter bootless bugger burden castrate castrated clumsy corduroy cotton cramp cripple crippled cumberde energizede-energize debilitate deformed

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disable disabled

Adjective(1 words)

boring

Adjective(5 words)

cripple crippled degrade disable disabled

Verb(1 words)

cripple

Strong matches (43)

disenable drain emasculate emasculated embarrass encumber enfeeble enmesh ensnarl entangle entoil entrammel entrap entwine fabric failed failing feeble fetter flimsy

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fruitless futile game half-baked halt halting hamper hamstring hamstrung handicap handicapped helpless hobble hobbled hobblinghors de combat

Adjective(7 words)

feeble flawed game gammy gimpy halt halting

Related words (72)

hurt impaired impede inactivate incapacitate incapacitated ineffective ineffectual inefficacious infirm involve kibosh lime limping lumber maim maimed manque miscarried miscarrying

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mutilate net nylonof no effectpale poorpress downput queerqueer the workssabotagesaddle withshackle snarl spavined spike stickit stillborn successless tangle thin toil trammel unconvincing unfit unfortunate unsturdy unsuccessful useless weak weakenweigh downwing wreck

Adjective(15 words)

illogical impair inadequate ineffective injure maim maimed uncool undermine unfashionable unpersuasive unstylish weak weaken wheeziest

Noun(3 words)

lamer laming square

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

18 entries

argument qualitybodily conditionclothcolloquial descriptordisabilityevaluation termfabric injure maim materialphysical impairmentquality descriptorrhetorical qualitysimple simpletonsocial evaluation term

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More specific

12 entries

cripple debilitatelame argumentlame excuselame justificationlame leglame outfitlame rationalizationlame trendlimping gaitmaim undercut

Collocations

10 entries

lame argumentlame attemptlame designlame ducklame excuselame gaitlame horselame jokelame leglame limb

Inflections

5 entries

lamed lamer lames lamest laming

Derivations

5 entries

lamed lamely lameness lames laming

similar

2 entries

unfit weak

Translations

152 translations across 73 languages.

Abkhaz

4 entries

а́цыркь adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
а́цыркьзаара adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
акәылԥаа́ adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
ацыркьыԥа adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Aghwan

1 entries

𐕄𐔰𐔾𐔰 adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Albanian

1 entries

çalë adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

σκιμβός adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
χωλός adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Arabic

4 entries

أعرج adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
أعرج adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
أَشَلّ adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
أَعْرَج adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Aragonese

1 entries

coixo adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Armenian

1 entries

կաղ adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Aromanian

1 entries

shcljop adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Asturian

1 entries

coxu adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

topal adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Bashkir

2 entries

аҡһаҡ adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
сатан adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Belarusian

1 entries

кульга́вы adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

लंगड़ adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Bulgarian

1 entries

куц adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Catalan

2 entries

coix adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
ranc adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

瘸 adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
瘸腿 adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
跛 adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
跛足 adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Czech

1 entries

chromý adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Dalmatian

1 entries

zuap adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Danish

1 entries

lam adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Dutch

4 entries

kreupel adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
kreupel adj (moving with difficulty)
lam adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
mank adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Esperanto

2 entries

kripla adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
lama adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Finnish

4 entries

heikko adj (moving with difficulty)
ontuva adj (moving with difficulty)
rampa adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
rampa adj (moving with difficulty)

French

2 entries

boiteuse adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
boiteux adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Friulian

1 entries

çuet adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Galician

2 entries

coxo adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
rengo adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Georgian

1 entries

კოჭლი adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

German

1 entries

lahm adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Gheg Albanian

1 entries

shkep adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Greek

4 entries

κουτσός adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
κουτσός adj (moving with difficulty)
χωλός adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
χωλός adj (moving with difficulty)

Hebrew

1 entries

צוֹלֵעַ adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Hindi

4 entries

अपंग adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
पंगु adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
लँगड़ा adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
लंग adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Hungarian

3 entries

béna adj (moving with difficulty)
nyomorék adj (moving with difficulty)
sánta adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Icelandic

1 entries

lamaður adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Ingrian

1 entries

rampa adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Interlingua

1 entries

claude adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Irish

1 entries

bacach adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Italian

1 entries

zoppo adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Japanese

2 entries

足の不自由な adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
足の悪い adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Latin

1 entries

claudus adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Literary Chinese

1 entries

蹇 adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Lithuanian

2 entries

luošas adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
šlubas adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

schlamm adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Macedonian

1 entries

куц adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡩᠣᡥᠣᠯᠣᠨ adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Mongolian

1 entries

доголон adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Māori

4 entries

hauā adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
tahakopa adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
tūparaka adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
waehauā adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Neapolitan

1 entries

sciancato adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Occitan

2 entries

garrèl adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
ranc adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Old English

1 entries

lama adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Old Georgian

1 entries

მკელობელი adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Ossetian

1 entries

къуылых adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Persian

1 entries

لنگ adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

lom adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Polish

3 entries

chromy adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
kulawy adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
kulejący adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Pontic Greek

2 entries

κοτσός adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
ξεροπόδαρος adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Portuguese

4 entries

capenga adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
coxo adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
manco adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
manco adj (moving with difficulty)

Quechua

4 entries

hank'a adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
magro adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
sucu adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
wist'u adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Romanian

4 entries

handicapat adj (moving with difficulty)
olog adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
schiopatand adj (moving with difficulty)
șchiop adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Romansch

1 entries

zop adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Russian

4 entries

искале́ченный adj (moving with difficulty)
уве́чный adj (moving with difficulty)
хрома́ющий adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
хромо́й adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

hrom adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
хром adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Sicilian

4 entries

acciuncatu adj (moving with difficulty)
ciancatu adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
ciuncu adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
ciuncu adj (moving with difficulty)

Slovak

1 entries

chromý adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Spanish

4 entries

arrengado adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
cojo adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
renco adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
rengo adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Swedish

1 entries

lam adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Tausug

1 entries

pilay adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Telugu

1 entries

కుంటి adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Thai

4 entries

กระง่องกระแง่ง adj (moving with difficulty)
กระย่องกระแย่ง adj (moving with difficulty)
กะเผลก adj (moving with difficulty)
กะโผลกกะเผลก adj (moving with difficulty)

Turkish

1 entries

topal adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Udi

1 entries

кӏала adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Ukrainian

1 entries

кульга́вий adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Venetan

4 entries

cionpo adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
soto adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
zhot adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)
çoto adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

West-Frisian

1 entries

mank adj (unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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I don't want to be lame; I want to be cool!!

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Now the President is nothing but a lame duck.

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The only thing we can ask of others, is not to guess at how lame we are.

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What kind of lame power is heart, anyways?

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