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Synonyms for limp
lɪmplimp
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Princeton's WordNet
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, rublimp, wiltedadjective
not firm
"wilted lettuce"
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wiltedlimpverb
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:
wiltedlimp, 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, hobblelimpverb
proceed slowly or with difficulty
"the boat limped into the harbor"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
limpadjective
limpverb
Synonyms:
halt, hobble, walk lamelylimpnoun
Synonyms:
halt, limping gait
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#272 | check | |
#1001 | stay | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1080 | tour | |
#2052 | soft | |
#3635 | catch | |
#7523 | arrest | |
#7799 | thumb | |
#8285 | buck | |
#8714 | interference | |
#11695 | preventive | |
#12745 | rub | |
#13785 | lame | |
#13959 | halt | |
#14556 | jerk | |
#14594 | hitch | |
#15920 | limp | |
#16589 | gimp | |
#23847 | preventative | |
#33918 | snag | |
#37231 | saggy | |
#43221 | enlistment | |
#44966 | hindrance | |
#48365 | stoppage | |
#56554 | encumbrance | |
#74728 | fetter | |
#77896 | wilted | |
#80713 | flaccid | |
#99268 | hobble | |
#155281 | hitchhike | |
#204694 | hinderance |
How to use limp in a sentence?
If the leaves are yellow, limp and downward curling, check the soil and the roots! if the roots are brown and mushy, your soil may be water-logged. Healthy roots look firm and white.
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.
We held hands and shortly after that her hand went limp in mine, and she never spoke again.
Better limp all the way to heaven than not get there at all.
I beat the ever-living f *** out of him. Choked Trooper Chris Hollingsworth and everything else trying to get Trooper Chris Hollingsworth under control, we finally got him in handcuffs when a third man got there. And the son of a b * tch was still fighting, they were still wrestling with him, trying to hold him down. He was spitting blood everywhere. Then all of a sudden he just went limp.
Translations for limp
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- يعرجArabic
- flàccid, coixejar, flàccida, coixesaCatalan, Valencian
- kulhatCzech
- Hinken, Gehbehinderung, humpeln, lahmenGerman
- κουτσαίνωGreek
- lamiEsperanto
- cojera, flácido, cojearSpanish
- شلیدنPersian
- nilkuttaa, nilkutus, ontuminen, ontua, veltto, hervotonFinnish
- claudiquer, boiterie, boité, mou, boiter, boitement, boitillerFrench
- sántikál, bicegHungarian
- zoppicareItalian
- 足を引きずるJapanese
- totitoti, totiMāori
- hinkenDutch
- spinkel, løs, haltende gange, halte, pløsete, slapp, hinkeNorwegian
- utykać, utykaniePolish
- capenga, flácido, mancarPortuguese
- șchiopătaRomanian
- хромать, хромотаRussian
- ćopanje, šepanje, ćopati, mlȍhav, храмати, храмање, šȅpati, ше̏пати, шепање, ћопати, ћопање, hramati, мло̏хав, hramanjeSerbo-Croatian
- hältaSwedish
- chopiSwahili
- boatagolön, lemülönVolapük
- 跛行Chinese
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