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Synonyms for CRIPPLING: harm, mutilation, injury, detriment, disability, mayhem, beating, hurt; Antonyms of CRIPPLING: recovery, healing, remedy, cure, fix, curing, remedying, rehabilitating.
crippling. adjective. uk / ˈkrɪp. ə l.ɪŋ / us / ˈkrɪp. ə l.ɪŋ /. Add to word list. causing serious injuries or harm: A crippling attack of malaria kept him in bed for months. The bomb attack dealt a crippling blow to tourism in the country. crippling debts. See.
Crippling definition: damaging or injurious. See examples of CRIPPLING used in a sentence.
seriously damaging or harming somebody/something. crippling debts. Check pronunciation: crippling. Definition of crippling adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you say that an action, policy, or situation has a crippling effect on something, you mean it has a very serious, harmful effect. The high cost of borrowing has a crippling effect on many small firms.
Definitions of crippling. adjective. that cripples or disables or incapacitates. “a crippling injury”. synonyms: disabling, incapacitating. unhealthful. detrimental to good health.
crippling. A crippling illness or disability is one that severely damages your health or your body. Arthritis and rheumatism are prominent crippling diseases. If you say that an action, policy, or situation has a crippling effect on something, you mean it has a very serious, harmful effect.
CRIPPLING definition: 1. A crippling illness makes someone unable to use their arms or legs in a normal way. 2. causing…. Learn more.
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective crippling. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
1. : to severely damage (something) : to destroy the strength, efficiency, or wholeness of (something) an economy crippled by inflation. 2. offensive, of an injury or disease : to deprive (someone) of the use of a limb and especially a leg. cripplingly. ˈkri-p (ə-)liŋ-lē.