crippling

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.

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crippling [ˈkrɪplɪŋ]

adj

damaging or injurious

cripplingly  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

crippling - that cripples or disables or incapacitates; "a crippling injury" disabling, incapacitating unhealthful - detrimental to good health; "unhealthful air pollution"; "unhealthful conditions in old apartments with peeling lead-based paint"

Translations

crippling [ˈkrɪplɪŋ] ADJ [disease] → que conduce a la parálisis; [blow, defect] → muy grave, muy severo; [taxes, debts] → abrumador, agobiante

crippling [ˈkrɪplɪŋ] adj

(physically) [disease, injury] → handicapant(e)

(emotionally) [shyness, fear] → maladif/ive

[taxation, debts] → écrasant(e); [strike] → paralysant(e); [losses] → écrasant(e)
a crippling blow to the government → un coup de massue pour le gouvernement, un vrai coup dur pour le gouvernement

crippling

adj pain → lähmend; guilt, depression → lähmend; taxes, repayments → erdrückend; strikes → alles lähmend attr; a crippling disease → ein Leiden, das einen bewegungsunfähig macht; a crippling blow (lit, fig) → ein schwerer Schlag

crippling [ˈkrɪplɪŋ] adj (disease) → che provoca invalidità; (taxes, debts) → esorbitante