Cripple (Noun)
Meaning
Someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The soldier returned from the war a cripple, forced to use a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
- She had always felt like a cripple, trapped in her bed with chronic pain that left her unable to walk or move around freely.
- Years of paralysis left the victim a permanent cripple, with limited use of her arms and legs.
- Polio left its mark on his young body, transforming a rambunctious toddler into a permanent cripple who needed a walker just to stand.
- Before modern medicine, childhood illness could often turn a child into a permanent cripple, relegated to a chair for the rest of their life.