crippled

Definition of Crippled in English :

1. crippled, game, gimpy, halt, halting, lame

disabled in the feet or legs

Example Sentences:
'a crippled soldier'
'a game leg'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Crippled

adjective

1.

physically incapacitated

He heaved his crippled leg into an easier position.

crippled with arthritis

2.

unable to achieve something for emotional reasons

I'm not perfect but I'm also not emotionally crippled or lonely.

I was furious with myself for being so crippled by shyness.

a young man crippled by shyness

3.

having had its capacity to function damaged

Raising taxes on the wealthy will hurt an already crippled economy.

a crippled economy

n.

1.

a. Often Offensive A person who is partially disabled or unable to use one or more limbs:

b. An animal that is partially disabled or unable to use one or more limbs: cannot race a horse that is a cripple.

2. A damaged or defective object or device: "He ... would let that cripple of a steamboat get the upper hand of him in a minute" (Joseph Conrad).

tr.v. crip·pled, crip·pling, crip·ples

1. To cause to lose the use of a limb or limbs.

2. To disable, damage, or impair the functioning of: a strike that crippled the factory.