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lame
- pronunciation:
- leIm
- parts of speech:
- adjective, transitive verb
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
lamer, lamest |
| definition 1: |
crippled or disabled, esp. in a foot or leg.
- synonyms:
- crippled, disabled, hobbled, maimed
- antonyms:
- able-bodied
- similar words:
- hamstrung
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| definition 2: |
impaired or defective in movement or operation, esp. because of soreness.
- similar words:
- crippled, feeble, weak
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| definition 3: |
weak or inadequate.
a lame apology- synonyms:
- feeble
- antonyms:
- cunning
- similar words:
- flimsy, half-baked, inadequate, insufficient, thin, unsatisfactory, wanting, weak
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| related words: |
pale, wan |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
lamed, lames, laming |
| definition: |
to cripple or disable.
- synonyms:
- cripple, disable, hobble, maim
- similar words:
- hamstring, incapacitate, injure
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| related words: |
disable, mutilate |
| derivations: |
lamely (adv.), lameness (n.) |
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