Synonyms for lame
- adjective
- verb
Definitions
- adj. 1
Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
With the years, this horse has little by little gone lame.
- adj. 2
Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs. That cannot be moved properly.
- v. 1
To cause (a person or animal) to become lame.
Related words
- Word family
- lamebrained lameness lamellar lamellate
- Phrases
- lame-duck lame sickness
Forms
- Past participle
- lamed
e.g. lamed → crippled, disabled, unfitted, hamstringed…
Example sentences
- crippled Some soldiers returned from war crippled for life.
- maimed Sami killed, maimed, and raped women.
- ineffective Washing your hands without soap is ineffective work.
- feeble The feeble patient is suffering from stomach cancer.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| lame | rising | |
| crippled | steady | |
| maimed | rising | |
| gimpy | rising | |
| ineffective | steady | |
| feeble | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- game1, poor1, weak1, halt1, maim1
- 5 letters
- unfit2, gammy, gimpy
- 6 letters
- feeble2, flimsy2, maimed1, infirm2
- 7 letters
- disable3, cripple2, halting2
- 8 letters
- disabled3, crippled2, deformed2, impotent3, untrendy
- 9 letters
- hamstring2
- 11 letters
- ineffective4
- 12 letters
- unconvincing4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (unfit2 = 2 syllables).