Crippled Definition

adjective

(usually offensive) 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.
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(usually offensive) Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.
1893 The Percy Driscoll estate was in such a crippled shape when its owner died that it could pay only sixty percent of its great indebtedness, and was settled at that rate. — Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson.
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Simple past tense and past participle of cripple.

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Crippled Sentence Examples

  • The thought of him almost crippled her.

  • Her emotions crippled her, and she flung herself on the bed, sobbing.

  • Permanently crippled by his wounds, he devoted himself to political and social studies.

  • Sofia sagged, crippled by the burning visions.

  • She craved him in a way that nearly crippled her.

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