cripplenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkrɪp.əl/us/ˈkrɪp.əl/offensive old-fashioned a person who cannot use their arms or legs in a normal way
emotional cripple informal
someone who finds it difficult to have or express feelings
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Not showing or feeling emotions
- anodyne
- belie
- bite
- bite your lip idiom
- clinically
- detachment
- evenly
- expressionless
- glaze
- hard-bitten
- icy
- immune
- impassive
- po-faced
- poker-faced
- reserved
- sphinx-like
- stiff upper lip
- stoic
- stoicism
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crippleverb [ T ]
uk/ˈkrɪp.əl/us/ˈkrɪp.əl/to injure someone so that they are unable to walk or move in a normal way
to cause serious damage to someone or something, making him, her, or it weak and not effective:
a country crippled by war
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Injuring and injuries
- at-risk
- be in the wars idiom
- bite
- boo-boo
- crocked
- disable
- harm
- injure
- injury
- lesion
- maim
- muscle
- rick
- sprain
- trample
- twist
- victim
- whiplash
- wound 1
- wrench
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crippled
adjective uk/ˈkrɪp.əld/us/ˈkrɪp.əld/
Someone who is crippled has serious injuries that affect their ability to walk or move:
Will she be crippled for life?
crippling
adjective uk/ˈkrɪp.əl.ɪŋ/us/ˈkrɪp.əl.ɪŋ/
Something that is crippling causes someone serious injuries or harm:
A crippling attack of malaria kept him in bed for months.
crippling debts