crippling
Definition
- Adjective:
- Severely damaging or disabling: "crippling" describes something that causes severe damage, impairment, or a loss of function, effectively disabling or incapacitating someone or something.
- Overwhelmingly burdensome: It can also describe a non-physical burden, such as a cost or debt, that is so heavy it severely hampers normal operation or progress.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- He suffered a crippling injury in the accident. (The injury was so severe it caused a long-term or permanent disability.)
- The country is struggling under crippling debt. (The debt is so large it severely hinders the country's economic functioning.)
- The new regulations placed a crippling burden on small businesses. (The burden was overwhelming and damaging to their operations.)
Advanced Usage
- "crippling blow": a devastating setback or attack that causes severe damage.
- The loss of their star player was a crippling blow to the team's championship hopes.
- "crippling effect": a severely damaging impact or consequence.
- The drought had a crippling effect on the region's agriculture.
Variants and Related Words
- Cripple (verb): To cause someone to become unable to walk or move normally; to damage or impair severely.
- The disease can cripple its victims.
- Crippled (adjective): Describing someone or something that has been severely disabled or damaged.
- The crippled ship limped back to port.
Synonyms
- Debilitating: Weakening or impairing the strength of.
- Disabling: Causing a loss of ability or power.
- Paralyzing: Causing complete inability to act or function.
- Devastating: Causing severe and overwhelming damage.
Antonyms
- Strengthening: Making stronger.
- Enabling: Providing with the ability or means to do something.
- Invigorating: Giving strength or energy.
Related Phrases
- "crippling fear/anxiety": an intense fear or anxiety that prevents someone from acting or functioning normally.
- She was frozen by a crippling fear of public speaking.
- "crippling strike": a labor strike so effective it halts operations completely.
- The union called for a crippling strike against the factory.
Adjective
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that cripples or disables or incapacitates
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a crippling injury
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