heavy-limbed
Definition
- Adjective:
- Having heavy limbs: Describes a person or creature whose arms and legs feel weighty, sluggish, or difficult to move, often due to fatigue, sleepiness, or a physical characteristic.
Usage
- This adjective is typically used to describe a physical sensation of weight or slowness in the arms and legs. It is often applied in contexts of extreme tiredness, drowsiness, illness, or a cumbersome physical build.
Examples
- After running the marathon, he felt heavy-limbed and could barely climb the stairs.
- The medication made her drowsy and heavy-limbed.
- The giant in the story was described as a heavy-limbed creature, slow but powerful.
Advanced Usage
- Descriptive and Figurative Use: While primarily literal, it can be used figuratively to describe a slow, ponderous, or lethargic state of being or movement.
- A heavy-limbed exhaustion settled over the team after their defeat.
Variants and Related Words
- Heavy (adj.): Of great weight; difficult to lift or move.
- Limbed (adj.): Having limbs (usually used in combination, e.g., long-limbed, strong-limbed).
Synonyms
- Leaden-limbed
- Sluggish
- Lumbering
- Ponderous
Antonyms
- Light-footed
- Nimble
- Agile
- Spry
Related Phrases and Idioms
- Weighed down: Feeling burdened, either physically or emotionally, which can create a similar sensation to being heavy-limbed.
- She was weighed down by grief and felt heavy-limbed with sorrow.
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