crippling
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5.8
- adjective
- /ˈkrɪp.lɪŋ/
- The disease left her with crippling joint pain that made it difficult to move around.
- crippling effect
- crippling blow
- crippling problem
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Watch on YouTubeWhen did they first experience the the crippling quality of that weakness?
- When did they first experience the the crippling quality of that weakness?
- I woke up that morning with crippling belly pain.
- And actually, he lived in pretty crippling poverty for a good portion of it.
- There was also the crippling fear of being already forgotten.
- Cat phobic that they have a somewhat irrational and paralyzing crippling fear of cats.
- Intrusive and just more like like full on crippling anxiety.
- And a lot of women during menopause have crippling anxiety.
- It's the fact that you can never relax your focus, that that's what's so crippling and exhausting.
- Cars, walls, Jelly doughnuts, roads, Kevin crippling social anxiety.
- I think is is a huge tool for crippling anxiety.
- Just unexpected, unpredictable, unanticipated, crippling bullshit at any time.
Examples
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And actually, he lived in pretty crippling poverty for a good portion of it.
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Grief can be far more crippling than arthritis, Doctor.
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This might leave you feeling secure for an evening, but have a crippling effect on you in later life."
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There was also the crippling fear of being already forgotten.
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Deaths maybe, but it was a crippling disease that left people with horrible disabilities.
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But the fear of facing that pain is so strong it is crippling and paralyzing him.
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And I've grown up through my life with that crippling fact about myself.
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Penn State's $60 million fine from the NCAA seemed pretty crippling, and they have four years to pay that off.
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France's punishment was mainly financial: Germany demanded huge, crippling reparations.
Fiction book (1997) -
Neurologic complications are the most dreaded and crippling aspect of spinal tuberculosis.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
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7.5
Causing serious weakness that stops normal daily activities
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5.6
Making a person unable to do everyday things because of injury or illness
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5.1
Make people or things stop working
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7.0
Causing a person to be unable to move or work
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Etymology
The word crippling comes from cripple, which comes from an old English idea of someone who had to 'creep' or move slowly because they could not walk well and is related to the modern word creep. So a 'crippling' disease or loss is something that causes very serious harm and stops normal movement or function.