lame

Examples

• All

• Verbal collects his personal items and shuffles on his lame leg toward the exit.

  Fiction book (1996)

• He'd begun to look almost like a lame horse trotting slowly around and around, his left leg dragging.

  Fiction book (2002)

• My horse pulled up lame.

  Man of the Year (2006)

• Four hours' ride and this horse will go lame.

  Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)

• But he was lame and past his prime, and both he and the wolves knew it.

  Fiction book (1998)

• My horse went lame, and when I returned to where I'd left you, daylight was going.

  Prince Valiant (1954)

• He was lame, and he was killed.

  Five Graves to Cairo (1943)

• Professor Frothingham was short and plump, and a little lame in one leg.

  Fiction book (1991)

• And if the tendon won't heal and he's lame, well, then we'll have to consider his quality of life.

  Dream Horse (2021)

• After the accident, he could only walk with a noticeable limp because he was lame.

Synonyms

L

limpy

vslame

1 7.8

Walking in a way that shows one leg is weak or hurt

describes the lasting physical inability to walk properly because of injury

Antonyms

A

able

∞ 1.0

Having the skill or power to do something

F

fit

91 1.0

Being in good physical and mental health

Idioms

S

so lame

• Slang

28 9.5

Very unfunny and not impressive, so people feel disappointed

H

to help a lame dog over a stile

• Informal

9.9

To do something kind for a person in trouble

Compounds

L

lame duck

• Literature

30 7.4

An elected leader still in office who has lost real power

R

really lame

• Informal

5 7.5

A reason or explanation that is very weak and not believable

L

lame dog

• Offensive

8.3

A person who is weak or needs help

L

lame response

• Informal

5.3

A weak answer that does not explain or convince

How Mobile

able-bodied

30 4.2

limping

2 4.4

lame

29 4.1

immobile

14 4.4

Surface Forms

Etymology