heavy-limbed
6.7
Arms and legs feel heavy and make moving slow and hard
- adjective
- /ˈhɛvi lɪmd/
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pesado de extremidades
- Her languor turned into heavy-limbed paralysis: it was impossible even to shudder away from the ceaseless warm caress that went on and on.
Examples
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After the long workout, she felt heavy-limbed and struggled to move.
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Low energy, heavy limbs, out of breath.
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The exhausted runner collapsed on the track, his limbs feeling heavy-limbed from fatigue.
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He walked with a heavy-limbed gait, as if each step required great effort.
Synonyms
heavy-footed
vsheavy-limbed
1
6.0
To walk with loud, slow steps because you are clumsy
emphasizes weight in limbs causing slow sluggish movement
Antonyms
How Sluggish
Surface Forms
heavy-limbed positive
Morphology
Etymology
Heavy-limbed combines heavy ('weighty') and limb ('arm' or 'leg'), giving the picture of arms and legs that feel full of weight. So, when someone is heavy-limbed, they move slowly or seem sluggish because their limbs feel as if they carry extra weight.