Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crippled

/ˈkɹɪpəld/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: crip-pled
IPA: /ˈkɹɪpəld/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.

Offensive

adj

Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.

Informal

verb

simple past and past participle of cripple

Example Sentences

"A crippled man, twenty years older than you, whom you will have to wait on?"
"So they gathered the crippled, the wounded, the maimed, and they shipped us back home to Australia. The legless, the armless, the blind, the insane, those proud wounded heroes of Suvla."
"a crippled version of the software, lacking many features"

Usage

Derived Forms

crippledness

Synonyms

halt halting lame gimpy game

Antonyms

noncrippled uncrippled

Rhymes With

tripled rippled

Questions

How do you pronounce crippled?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɹɪpəld/.
What does crippled mean?: Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.

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