cripple

cripple is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled.
2. adjective. Lame; halting.
3. transitive verb. To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to lame.
4. transitive verb. To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled.
5. noun. someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
6. verb. deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg

   "The accident has crippled her for life"

   Synonyms: lame

7. verb. deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless

   "This measure crippled our efforts"

   "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"

   Synonyms: stultify

Synonyms

lame, stultify

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in cripple:

clipper

Common word forms

crippled, crippler, cripples, crippling, crippleness

Words from these letters

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