crippled

crippled
index defective, disabled (made incapable), helpless (powerless), imperfect, incapable, marred, powerless

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  • Crippled — Crip pled (kr?p p ld), a. Lamed; lame; disabled; impeded. The crippled crone. Longfellow. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crippled — [adj] disabled bedridden, broken, damaged, defective, deformed, enfeebled, game, gimp*, halt, hamstrung*, handicapped, harmed, hog tied*, housebound, impaired, incapacitated, laid up*, lame, maimed, mangled, marred, mutilated, out of commission* …   New thesaurus

  • Crippled — This is a medically outmoded and politically incorrect term today. However, in the not so distant past there were U.S. federal funds appropriated for crippled children. (This writer served as a physician in the Crippled Children s Division,… …   Medical dictionary

  • Crippled — Cripple Crip ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crippled} ( p ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crippling} ( pl?ng).] 1. To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to lame. [1913 Webster] He had crippled the joints of the noble child. Sir W.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crippled — adjective a) Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility. 1848 A crippled man, twenty years older than you, whom you will have to wait on? Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, [ Chapter 17.] b) Having any difficulty… …   Wiktionary

  • crippled — adjective crippled soldiers Syn: disabled, paralyzed, incapacitated, physically handicapped, lame, immobilized, bedridden, in a wheelchair, paraplegic, quadriplegic; euphemistic physically challenged …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • crippled — un·crippled; …   English syllables

  • crippled — adjective disabled in the feet or legs (Freq. 1) a crippled soldier a game leg • Syn: ↑halt, ↑halting, ↑lame, ↑gimpy, ↑game • S …   Useful english dictionary

  • Crippled Summer — South Park episode Jimmy and Timmy with fellow campmates. Episode no. Season 14 Episode 7 …   Wikipedia

  • Crippled Black Phoenix — Origin United Kingdom Genres Post rock, Ambient music Progressive rock Years active 2004–present Labels Invada Records/Domino …   Wikipedia

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