He walked with a limp.
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Limp
//lɪmp//
Synonyms for "limp" (217 found)
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Strong matches (65)
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Verb(1 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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6 entriesSynonyms
13 entriesderived
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
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1 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
54 entriesShowing 16 of 54 words.
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3 entriesTranslations
172 translations across 48 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σκάζω verb (to walk lamely)
Arabic
2 entries- عرج verb (to walk lamely)
- عَرَجَ verb (to walk lamely)
Armenian
1 entries- կաղալ verb (to walk lamely)
Aromanian
1 entries- shcljoapic verb (to walk lamely)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- axsamaq verb (to walk lamely)
Belarusian
1 entries- кульгаць verb (to walk lamely)
Bulgarian
4 entries- отпуснат adj (flaccid; flabby)
- разхлабен adj (lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy)
- слаб adj (physically weak)
- увиснал adj (flaccid; flabby)
Catalan
4 entries- flàccid adj (flaccid; flabby)
- flàccida adj (flaccid; flabby)
- coixesa noun (gait)
- arrossegar una cama verb (to walk lamely)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 跛行 noun (gait)
- 一步一瘸 verb (to walk lamely)
- 一瘸一拐 verb (to walk lamely)
- 跛行 verb (to walk lamely)
Czech
3 entries- ochablý adj (of penis: not erect)
- belhat se verb (to walk lamely)
- kulhat verb (to walk lamely)
Dutch
2 entries- zwak adj (physically weak)
- hinken verb (to walk lamely)
Esperanto
1 entries- lami verb (to walk lamely)
Estonian
3 entries- lõtv adj (flaccid; flabby)
- lõtv adj (lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy)
- lonkama verb (to walk lamely)
Finnish
4 entries- heiveröinen adj (physically weak)
- ryhditön adj (lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy)
- veltto adj (flaccid; flabby)
- veltto adj (lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy)
French
4 entries- boité adj (lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy)
- flaccide adj (flaccid; flabby)
- mou adj (flaccid; flabby)
- mou adj (lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy)
Galician
4 entries- arrechuado adj (lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy)
- engalichado adj (lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy)
- esgumiado adj (lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy)
- faneco adj (lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy)
Georgian
1 entries- კოჭლობა verb (to walk lamely)
German
4 entries- nicht erigiert (med.) adj (of penis: not erect)
- physisch schwach (med.) adj (physically weak)
- schlaff adj (of penis: not erect)
- schwach adj (physically weak)
Greek
1 entries- κουτσαίνω verb (to walk lamely)
Hebrew
1 entries- צָלַע verb (to walk lamely)
Hungarian
3 entries- biceg verb (to walk lamely)
- sántikál verb (to walk lamely)
- sántít verb (to walk lamely)
Indonesian
1 entries- pincang verb (to walk lamely)
Ingrian
1 entries- rammita verb (to walk lamely)
Italian
1 entries- zoppicare verb (to walk lamely)
Japanese
1 entries- 足を引きずる verb (to walk lamely)
Latin
2 entries- claudeō verb (to walk lamely)
- claudicō verb (to walk lamely)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- klěcaś verb (to walk lamely)
Macedonian
1 entries- куца verb (to walk lamely)
Māori
4 entries- ngoikore adj (physically weak)
- tāngange adj (lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy)
- tīmohea adj (physically weak)
- toti verb (to walk lamely)
Norwegian
4 entries- løs adj (lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy)
- pløsete adj (flaccid; flabby)
- pløsete adj (lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy)
- slapp adj (flaccid; flabby)
Oromo
1 entries- okkoluu verb (to walk lamely)
Persian
1 entries- شلیدن verb (to walk lamely)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- schlaup adj (flaccid; flabby)
Polish
3 entries- bezwładny adj (physically weak)
- utykanie noun (gait)
- utykać verb (to walk lamely)
Portuguese
4 entries- broxa adj (of man: not having erection)
- capenga adj (lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy)
- flácido adj (flaccid; flabby)
- mole adj (of penis: not erect)
Quechua
1 entries- hank'ay verb (to walk lamely)
Romanian
1 entries- șchiopăta verb (to walk lamely)
Russian
2 entries- хромота́ noun (gait)
- хрома́ть verb (to walk lamely)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- mlȍhav adj (flaccid; flabby)
- mlȍhav adj (lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy)
- мло̏хав adj (flaccid; flabby)
- мло̏хав adj (lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy)
Simplified Chinese
4 entries- 不直挺的 adj (lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy)
- 无力的 adj (flaccid; flabby)
- 无生气的 adj (flaccid; flabby)
- 无精神的 adj (flaccid; flabby)
Slovak
2 entries- krívať verb (to walk lamely)
- pokuľhávať verb (to walk lamely)
Spanish
4 entries- flojo adj (lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy)
- cojera noun (gait)
- clauder verb (to walk lamely)
- cojear verb (to walk lamely)
Swedish
3 entries- lealös adj (lacking stiffness; floppy, flimsy)
- hälta noun (gait)
- halta verb (to walk lamely)
Tagalog
1 entries- humingkod verb (to walk lamely)
Volapük
2 entries- boatagolön verb (to walk lamely)
- lemülön verb (to walk lamely)
Walloon
2 entries- cleper verb (to walk lamely)
- xhaler verb (to walk lamely)
Yiddish
1 entries- הינקען verb (to walk lamely)
Zazaki
1 entries- lengen verb (to walk lamely)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
The hat got wet and went limp.
Source: tatoeba (321112)
Her coloring book lay limp, jagged with angular pink scribbles.
Source: tatoeba (717935)
But Dima would never wear the glasses. Suddenly, his body went limp and he collapsed to the floor.
Source: tatoeba (774795)
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