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Synonyms for limp
lɪmplimp

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. hitch, hobble, limpadjective

    the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

    Synonyms:
    enlistment, incumbrance, snag, duty tour, stay, preventive, fetter, hitch, tour, stoppage, check, tour of duty, interference, hobble, preventative, halt, encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, term of enlistment, stop, hang-up, arrest, rub

    Antonyms:
    fresh, tense

  2. limp, wiltedadjective

    not firm

    "wilted lettuce"

    Synonyms:
    wilted

    Antonyms:
    tense, fresh

  3. limpverb

    lacking in strength or firmness or resilience

    "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip"

    Synonyms:
    wilted

    Antonyms:
    tense, fresh

  4. limp, gimp, hobble, hitchverb

    walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

    "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"

    Synonyms:
    hitch, hitchhike, jerk, buck, hopple, thumb, catch, gimp, hobble

    Antonyms:
    tense, fresh

  5. limpverb

    proceed slowly or with difficulty

    "the boat limped into the harbor"

    Synonyms:
    gimp, hobble, hitch

    Antonyms:
    tense, fresh

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. limpadjective

    Synonyms:
    limber, flaccid, flexile

  2. limpverb

    Synonyms:
    halt, hobble, walk lamely

  3. limpnoun

    Synonyms:
    halt, limping gait

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. limpadjective

    Synonyms:
    flaccid, flabby, limber, soft, flexile

    Antonyms:
    stiff

  2. limpnoun

    Synonyms:
    halt, limping, hobble

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "limp":

    soft, flaccid, lame, saggy

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#2052soft
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#7523arrest
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#8714interference
#11695preventive
#12745rub
#13785lame
#13959halt
#14556jerk
#14594hitch
#15920limp
#16589gimp
#23847preventative
#33918snag
#37231saggy
#43221enlistment
#44966hindrance
#48365stoppage
#56554encumbrance
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#77896wilted
#80713flaccid
#99268hobble
#155281hitchhike
#204694hinderance

How to use limp in a sentence?

  1. Ken Meeks:

    When I left the hospital, my left arm and fingers were nearly completely paralyzed. By that, I mean it pretty much hung limp at my side. I had to move it with my right hand.

  2. Chris Hollingsworth:

    And I beat the ever-living f *** out of him, choked him and everything else trying to get him under control and we finally got him in handcuffs when a third man got there and the son of a bitch was still fighting and we was still wrestling with him trying to hold him down because he was spitting blood everywhere, and then all of a sudden he just went limp.

  3. Ben Crump:

    The official declaration confirms what all could see in the video. Irvo, while facedown and handcuffed at his wrists and shackled at his ankles, was not permitted to breathe. For over 11 minutes, the ten officer/hospital defendants pushed down hard on every part of Irvo’s body until he was limp and lifeless, we cannot continue to treat the mentally ill with such brutality.

  4. Mike Bryan:

    You have to earn your way off the Tour, and you have to blast your way out, no one wants to limp their way off. (Pete) Sampras had the perfect send-off.

  5. Andrea Constand:

    I wanted it to stop. I couldn't say anything, i was trying to get my hands to move, my legs to move, and the message just wasn't getting there. I was weak, I was limp and I couldn't fight him off.


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