Limping

/ˈlɪmpɪŋ/

Synonyms for "limping" (92 found)

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Closest matches (19)

Noun(3 words)

ambling bad castrated cautious circumspect claudicant crawling creepingcreeping like snailcrippled deliberate disabled easy emasculated faltering flagging

Strong matches (27)

foot draggingfoot-dragging game gentle gradual halt halting hamstrung handicapped hobbled hobbling idle incapacitated indolent lame languid languorous lazy leisurely

Noun(7 words)

gameness gimp gimpiness hobble incomplete lame limp

Adjective(1 words)

gimpy

Related words (46)

lumbering maimed moderate poking poky relaxed reluctant sauntering shuffling slack slothful slowslow as deathslow as molassesslow as slowslow-crawling slow-foot slow-going slow-legged slow-moving

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slow-paced slow-poky slow-running slow-sailing slow-stepped sluggish snail-paced snaillike spavined staggering strolling tentative toddling tortoiselike tottering trudging turtlelike unhurried waddling

Noun(7 words)

shuffle sluggish stagger struggle stumbling unsteady weak

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

10 entries

disability of walkingfigurative usegaitgait abnormalitymetaphor move operatephysical conditionproceed walk

More specific

10 entries

antalgic gaitantalgic limpcreeplame gaitlurchposttraumatic limpshambleslow progressstagnateweak recovery

Collocations

16 entries

antalgic limpchronic limplimp alonglimp economylimp gaitlimp movementlimp steplimping economylimping gaitlimping patientlimping performancelimping progresslimping startmild limppermanent limpthe limp

Inflections

4 entries

limped limper limpiest limps

Derivations

5 entries

limp limper limpingly limply limpness

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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The German Shepherd was limping down the street.

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Tom noticed that Mary was limping.

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Tom is limping along.

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I am limping along.

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