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cripple
injure leg tendon, disabled
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halt
disabled, unable to walk properly
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crippled
disabled
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weak
unconvincing, vague
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game
crippled, disabled
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poor
feeble, unconvincing
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unsatisfactory
characteristic, inadequate
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disabled
crippled, unable to walk properly
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feeble
unconvincing
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unconvincing
vague, characteristic
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halting
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flimsy
feeble, unconvincing
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limping
disabled, unable to walk properly
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maim
cripple
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thin
feeble, unconvincing
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mutilate
incapacitate
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hamstring
injure leg tendon
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ineffective
inadequate, feeble
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insufficient
feeble
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disable
injure leg tendon, cripple
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deformed
crippled, unable to walk properly
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gimpy
unable to walk properly
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inadequate
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hobbling
limping
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mangle
incapacitate
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defective
crippled
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handicapped
crippled
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incapacitate
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injure
injure leg tendon
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faulty
inadequate
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lame
Synonyms:
weak, faltering, hobbling, hesitating, ineffective, impotent, crippled, halt, defective, imperfectAntonyms:
robust, agile, potent, efficient, satisfactory, cogent, convincing, tolling, effective
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square, lamenoun
someone who doesn’t understand what is going on
Synonyms:
foursquare, square toes, square, public square, second powerAntonyms:
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lameadjective
a fabric interwoven with threads of metal
«she wore a gold lame dress»
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squareAntonyms:
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feeble, lameadjective
pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
«a feeble excuse»; «a lame argument»
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rickety, faint, debile, halt, nerveless, sapless, halting, crippled, weakly, feeble, gimpy, infirm, decrepit, game, weakAntonyms:
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crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, gameverb
disabled in the feet or legs
«a crippled soldier»; «a game leg»
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mettlesome, crippled, halt, spirited, halting, gamy, gritty, feeble, gamey, spunky, gimpy, gameAntonyms:
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cripple, lameverb
deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
«The accident has crippled her for life»
Synonyms:
cripple, stultifyAntonyms:
strong, fit
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lameadjective
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crippled, hobbling, limping, halt, deformed, game, maimed, disabled, inconclusive, unconvincing, inefficient, feeble, unsatisfactory -
lameverb
Synonyms:
disable, maim, cripple, hamstring
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How to use lame in a sentence?
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Massimo Faggioli:
It is very hard to see how the conference can continue this way, with a president who is even worse than a lame duck, the credibility of the Massimo Faggioli bishops is in freefall, which can only be stopped by a visible change in leadership.
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Jesse Watters:
[Biden] opened up huge problems with this answer, joe just lame-ducked himself in front of our allies, in front of our enemies. They could just wait him out if he’s only going to be around for maybe three more years.
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John Kasich:
New Yorkers aren’t stupid and they certainly won’t fall for Ted Cruz’s lame soliloquies and flattery after he slammed their values.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron:
I’ll tell him what is a lame duck, and that is trying to get into Downing Street on the back of Alex Salmond’s coat tails, never mind talk of ducks, I am looking at Alex Salmond’s poodle.
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Steven Mnuchin:
I would encourage Congress, particularly over the next few weeks of the lame duck, let’s try to get something done.
Translations for lame
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- coixoAragonese
- أعرجArabic
- кульгавыBelarusian
- куцBulgarian
- coixCatalan, Valencian
- chabý, chromýCzech
- lamt, lamDanish
- lahmGerman
- κουτσός, αστείος, αστήρικτος, χωλόςGreek
- cojo, rengo, chafaSpanish
- nõmeEstonian
- rampa, typerä, tyhmä, ontuva, heikko, huonoFinnish
- boiteuse, naze, bancal, boiteux, nul, pitoyable, pocheFrench
- mankWestern Frisian
- átlátszó, béna, sánta, sántikáló, nyomorékHungarian
- կաղArmenian
- timpangIndonesian
- azzoppare, zoppoItalian
- 寒い, ラメ, 足の不自由, ださださ, 足の悪いJapanese
- 라메Korean
- schlammLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- luošas, šlubasLithuanian
- hauā, totitoti, waehauā, tahakopaMāori
- куцMacedonian
- verlamd, mankend, lam, mank, kreupel, flauw, wankelDutch
- lameNorwegian
- kulawy, kiepski, kulejący, kuleć, słabyPolish
- fraco, coxo, capenga, manco, pernetaPortuguese
- handicapat, sters, olog, jalnic, plictisitor, șchiop, slab, anost, lipsit de gust, schiopatandRomanian
- хромающий, хромой, увечить, хромать, неубедительный, увечный, искалеченный, слабый, калечитьRussian
- hrom, хромSerbo-Croatian
- chromýSlovak
- lamSwedish
- geyikTurkish
- кульгавийUkrainian
- 跛腳Chinese
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- sore
- bruised
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- handicapped
- hobbling
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- sidelined
- stiff
- gimpy
- flimsy
- faltering
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- faulty
- flabby
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- ineffective
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- insufficient
- unconvincing
- unpersuasive
- unpleasing
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On this page you’ll find 81 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to lame, such as: sore, bruised, deformed, disabled, game, and halt.
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How to use lame in a sentence
My head feels quite lame from so much practicing, the consequence, I suppose, of so much listening.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
Next morning the hero of Wagram, lame from the effect of a kick from his horse, was summoned before the Emperor.
NAPOLEON’S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISON
His donkey had gone lame, he abandoned it to the boys behind, he climbed in to drive with Lettice.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD
As she turned the corner, a lame child in a calico dress and torn hood staggered past her bent with the weight of a heavy basket.
TESSA WADSWORTH’S DISCIPLINEJENNIE M. DRINKWATER
Some one must have noticed that they were more apt to be lame after sitting on the cold ground while they were warm.
THE LATER CAVE-MENKATHARINE ELIZABETH DOPP
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO LAME
- assault
- bash
- beat
- break
- bruise
- buffet
- clobber
- contuse
- cripple
- crush
- dash
- deface
- demolish
- destroy
- disable
- disfigure
- drub
- hurt
- injure
- lacerate
- lambaste
- lame
- lash
- mangle
- mar
- maul
- mutilate
- pelt
- pommel
- pound
- pummel
- punish
- ruin
- shatter
- smash
- thrash
- wallop
- wreck
- bigoted
- bourgeois
- button-down
- commonplace
- conforming
- conservative
- demure
- doctrinal
- dogmatic
- drippy
- hackneyed
- hidebound
- humdrum
- illiberal
- in rut
- inflexible
- insular
- isolationist
- lame
- literal
- moderate
- moral
- narrow
- narrow-minded
- not extreme
- not heretical
- obstinate
- parochial
- pedestrian
- prosaic
- puritanical
- rigid
- routine
- rube
- run-of-the-mill
- sober
- solemn
- square
- stereotyped
- straight
- strait-laced
- strict
- stuffy
- uptight
- attenuate
- blunt
- debilitate
- disarm
- dislimb
- dismember
- enfeeble
- hamstring
- hurt
- immobilize
- incapacitate
- injure
- lame
- maim
- mangle
- mutilate
- palsy
- paralyze
- prostrate
- sap
- sideline
- stifle
- undermine
- unstrengthen
- weaken
- bedridden
- broken
- damaged
- defective
- deformed
- enfeebled
- game
- halt
- hamstrung
- handicapped
- harmed
- hog-tied
- housebound
- impaired
- incapacitated
- laid up
- lame
- maimed
- mangled
- marred
- mutilated
- out of commission
- paralyzed
- sidelined
- broken-down
- confined
- decrepit
- disarmed
- hamstrung
- handicapped
- helpless
- hurt
- incapable
- infirm
- laid-up
- lame
- maimed
- out of action
- out-of-commission
- paralyzed
- powerless
- run down
- sidelined
- stalled
- weakened
- worn-out
- wounded
- wrecked
- bitter
- depressing
- disagreeable
- disconcerting
- discouraging
- disheartening
- displeasing
- distasteful
- failing
- falling short
- frustrating
- inadequate
- ineffective
- inferior
- insufficient
- lame
- mediocre
- unfulfilling
- unhappy
- uninteresting
- unpleasant
- unsatisfying
Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use lame in a sentence
My head feels quite lame from so much practicing, the consequence, I suppose, of so much listening.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
Next morning the hero of Wagram, lame from the effect of a kick from his horse, was summoned before the Emperor.
NAPOLEON’S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISON
His donkey had gone lame, he abandoned it to the boys behind, he climbed in to drive with Lettice.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD
As she turned the corner, a lame child in a calico dress and torn hood staggered past her bent with the weight of a heavy basket.
TESSA WADSWORTH’S DISCIPLINEJENNIE M. DRINKWATER
Some one must have noticed that they were more apt to be lame after sitting on the cold ground while they were warm.
THE LATER CAVE-MENKATHARINE ELIZABETH DOPP
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO LAME
- bad
- damaged
- deficient
- disappointing
- displeasing
- distressing
- inadequate
- insufficient
- junky
- lame
- mediocre
- no good
- not satisfying
- not up to par
- offensive
- poor
- rotten
- unacceptable
- unsatisfying
- unsuitable
- unworthy
- useless
- adulterated
- amiss
- awry
- bad
- below par
- blamable
- blemished
- botched
- broken
- cracked
- damaged
- debased
- defective
- deficient
- distorted
- erroneous
- fallacious
- fallible
- false
- flawed
- frail
- impaired
- imperfect
- imprecise
- inaccurate
- inadequate
- incomplete
- inexact
- injured
- insufficient
- invalid
- lame
- leaky
- lemon
- maimed
- malformed
- malfunctioning
- marred
- out of order
- rank
- sick
- tainted
- unfit
- unreliable
- unretentive
- unsound
- warped
- weak
- wrong
- aged
- ailing
- chicken
- debilitated
- decrepit
- delicate
- doddering
- dopey
- effete
- emasculated
- enervated
- enfeebled
- epicene
- etiolated
- exhausted
- failing
- faint
- flabby
- flat
- fragile
- frail
- gentle
- helpless
- impotent
- inadequate
- incompetent
- indecisive
- ineffectual
- inefficient
- infirm
- insubstantial
- insufficient
- lame
- languid
- low
- out of gas
- paltry
- poor
- powerless
- puny
- sapless
- sickly
- slight
- strengthless
- tame
- thin
- unconvincing
- vitiated
- weak
- weakened
- weakly
- wimpy
- woozy
- zero
- assailable
- baseless
- contemptible
- controvertible
- fallacious
- false
- feeble
- frivolous
- groundless
- illogical
- improbable
- inadequate
- inane
- inconceivable
- incredible
- inept
- lame
- poor
- puerile
- shallow
- superficial
- thin
- transparent
- trifling
- trivial
- unbelievable
- ungrounded
- unpersuasive
- unreasonable
- unsatisfactory
- unsubstantial
- weak
- weakly
- wishful
- ailing
- bad
- crippled
- deformed
- disabled
- incapacitated
- injured
- lame
- maimed
- weak
- ailing
- bad
- crippled
- deformed
- disabled
- incapacitated
- injured
- lame
- maimed
- weak
- cripple
- debilitate
- handicap
- hinder
- hobble
- immobilize
- impair
- lame
- maim
- mangle
- paralyze
- weaken
- bare
- barren
- bush-league
- deficient
- depleted
- dry
- failing
- faulty
- feeble
- found wanting
- glitch
- imperfect
- impotent
- inappreciable
- inapt
- incapable
- incommensurate
- incompetent
- incomplete
- inconsiderable
- insubstantial
- junk
- lacking
- lame
- lemon
- lousy
- low
- meager
- minus
- miserly
- not enough
- parsimonious
- poor
- scanty
- scarce
- short
- shy
- sketchy
- skimpy
- small
- spare
- sparse
- sterile
- stinted
- stunted
- thin
- too little
- unequal
- unproductive
- unqualified
- weak
- clip wings
- cripple
- damage
- disable
- disarm
- disenable
- disqualify
- hamstring
- hinder
- hog-tie
- hurt
- immobilize
- lame
- lay up
- maim
- paralyze
- prostrate
- put out of commission
- take out
- undermine
- weaken
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