Antonyms for limp
lɪmplimp

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1. hitch, hobble, limpadjective

   the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

   Antonyms:
   fresh, tense

   Synonyms:
   enlistment, incumbrance, snag, duty tour, stay, preventive, fetter, hitch, tour, stoppage, check, tour of duty, interference, hobble, preventative, halt, encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, term of enlistment, stop, hang-up, arrest, rub

2. limp, wiltedadjective

   not firm

   "wilted lettuce"

   Antonyms:
   tense, fresh

   Synonyms:
   wilted

3. limpverb

   lacking in strength or firmness or resilience

   "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip"

   Antonyms:
   tense, fresh

   Synonyms:
   wilted

4. limp, gimp, hobble, hitchverb

   walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

   "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"

   Antonyms:
   tense, fresh

   Synonyms:
   hitch, hitchhike, jerk, buck, hopple, thumb, catch, gimp, hobble

5. limpverb

   proceed slowly or with difficulty

   "the boat limped into the harbor"

   Antonyms:
   tense, fresh

   Synonyms:
   gimp, hobble, hitch

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1. limpadjective

   Antonyms:
   stiff

   Synonyms:
   flaccid, flabby, limber, soft, flexile

2. limpnoun

   Synonyms:
   halt, limping, hobble

How to use limp in a sentence?

1. Connor Campbell:

   The markets seems to have shaken off the negative aspects of the Chinese trade data, but it's a minor rise at the end of a fairly limp week.

2. Mike Bryan:

   You have to earn your way off the Tour, and you have to blast your way out, no one wants to limp their way off. (Pete) Sampras had the perfect send-off.

3. Chris Hollingsworth:

   And then all of a sudden Ronald Greene York just went limp.

4. Boris Johnson:

   The euro is a calamitous project, it will limp on with sclerotic growth rates, it will eventually blow up but I wouldn't care to bet when.

5. Demetrius Gilmore:

   That was really painful to watch her limp around.

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