crippled

crip·ple  (krpl)

n.

1. A person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limbs: cannot race a horse that is a cripple.

2. A damaged or defective object or device.

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.

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[Middle English crepel, from Old English crypel.]

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crippler n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

crippled - disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg" game, gimpy, halt, halting, lame unfit - not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service"

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crippled

adjective disabled, handicapped, paralysed, lame, deformed, incapacitated, bedridden, housebound, enfeebled He looked after his senile, crippled mother.

Translations

crippled [ˈkrɪpld]

A. ADJ

1. (= maimed) → tullido, lisiado; (= disabled) → minusválido
he is crippled with arthritis → está paralizado por la artritis

2. (fig) [plane, vehicle] → averiado; [factory] (after bomb etc) → paralizado

B. NPL the crippled (= maimed) → los tullidos; (= disabled) → los minusválidos

crippled [ˈkrɪp^əld] adj

[person] (physically) (= lame) → boiteux/euse (= disabled) → handicapé(e)
crippled with rheumatism → perclus(e) de rhumatismes

(emotionally) crippled by shyness → bloqué(e) par la timidité

[economy, industry, production, exports] → paralysé(e); [country, region] → paralysé(e)

crippled [ˈkrɪpld] adj (handicapped) → invalido/a; (production, exports) → paralizzato/a (frm) (seriously damaged) → seriamente danneggiato/a

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crippled [ˈkrɪpld] adj (handicapped) → invalido/a; (production, exports) → paralizzato/a (frm) (seriously damaged) → seriamente danneggiato/a