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Synonyms for lame
læˈmeɪ, lɑ-lame
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
lame
Synonyms:
weak, faltering, hobbling, hesitating, ineffective, impotent, crippled, halt, defective, imperfectAntonyms:
robust, agile, potent, efficient, satisfactory, cogent, convincing, tolling, effective
Princeton's WordNet
square, lamenoun
someone who doesn't understand what is going on
Synonyms:
foursquare, square toes, square, public square, second powerlameadjective
a fabric interwoven with threads of metal
"she wore a gold lame dress"
Synonyms:
squarefeeble, lameadjective
pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
"a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"
Synonyms:
rickety, faint, debile, halt, nerveless, sapless, halting, crippled, weakly, feeble, gimpy, infirm, decrepit, game, weakcrippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, gameverb
disabled in the feet or legs
"a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
Synonyms:
mettlesome, crippled, halt, spirited, halting, gamy, gritty, feeble, gamey, spunky, gimpy, gamecripple, lameverb
deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
"The accident has crippled her for life"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
lameadjective
Synonyms:
crippled, hobbling, limping, halt, deformed, game, maimed, disabled, inconclusive, unconvincing, inefficient, feeble, unsatisfactorylameverb
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#305 | game | |
#1834 | square | |
#2578 | null | |
#2579 | zero | |
#4981 | weak | |
#5556 | blade | |
#8356 | boring | |
#9364 | nil | |
#10218 | rotten | |
#11273 | defective | |
#13785 | lame | |
#13959 | halt | |
#15135 | faint | |
#15920 | limp | |
#17218 | ineffective | |
#18127 | pathetic | |
#19606 | spirited | |
#21090 | imperfect | |
#21801 | weakly | |
#26033 | cripple | |
#26261 | gritty | |
#29227 | crippled | |
#31313 | feeble | |
#40097 | halting | |
#50233 | spunky | |
#51065 | impotent | |
#58852 | infirm | |
#67188 | faltering | |
#70794 | decrepit | |
#75781 | hesitating | |
#76193 | foursquare | |
#81924 | rickety | |
#141633 | hobbling | |
#155564 | gimpy | |
#193909 | gamey | |
#271548 | debile | |
#281217 | nerveless |
How to use lame in a sentence?
For me, the lame part of the Sixties was the political part, the social part. The real part was the spiritual part.
I'm not going to be a lame duck, just watch me.
Bush was supposed to be an aberration and Obama a restoration, this idea of a reset seems a much tougher sell, especially since Trump's used Donald Trump lame-duck period to burn the house on the way out.
When I walked in to pick up my card [with the reel], studio people — who I assume were ordered by these same lame public-relations censors who interrupted my interview — they were editing someone else’s interview, one Ben had already given because he had made a joke in the interview about drug use, they were taking out a remark he had actually made of his own free will and cutting it out of the interview because they think you might not be able to understand it. You may not get Ben’s sense of humor.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:
I can't imagine that a Republican majority Congress in a lame duck session after the American people have spoken would want to confirm a nominee opposed by the NRA, the NFIB, and the New York Times says would move the court dramatically to the left, this nomination ought to be made by the next president.
Translations for lame
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- coixoAragonese
- أعرجArabic
- кульгавыBelarusian
- куцBulgarian
- coixCatalan, Valencian
- chabý, chromýCzech
- lamt, lamDanish
- lahmGerman
- κουτσός, αστείος, αστήρικτος, χωλόςGreek
- cojo, rengo, chafaSpanish
- nõmeEstonian
- rampa, typerä, tyhmä, ontuva, heikko, huonoFinnish
- boiteuse, naze, bancal, boiteux, nul, pitoyable, pocheFrench
- mankWestern Frisian
- átlátszó, béna, sánta, sántikáló, nyomorékHungarian
- կաղArmenian
- timpangIndonesian
- azzoppare, zoppoItalian
- 寒い, ラメ, 足の不自由, ださださ, 足の悪いJapanese
- 라메Korean
- schlammLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- luošas, šlubasLithuanian
- hauā, totitoti, waehauā, tahakopaMāori
- куцMacedonian
- verlamd, mankend, lam, mank, kreupel, flauw, wankelDutch
- lameNorwegian
- kulawy, kiepski, kulejący, kuleć, słabyPolish
- fraco, coxo, capenga, manco, pernetaPortuguese
- handicapat, sters, olog, jalnic, plictisitor, șchiop, slab, anost, lipsit de gust, schiopatandRomanian
- хромающий, хромой, увечить, хромать, неубедительный, увечный, искалеченный, слабый, калечитьRussian
- hrom, хромSerbo-Croatian
- chromýSlovak
- lamSwedish
- geyikTurkish
- кульгавийUkrainian
- 跛腳Chinese
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