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See definition of lame on Dictionary.com
  • adj.unable to walk properly
  • adj.feeble, weak

synonyms for lame

  • sore
  • bruised
  • deformed
  • disabled
  • game
  • halt
  • handicapped
  • hobbling
  • limping
  • pained
  • sidelined
  • stiff
  • gimpy
See also synonyms for: lameness / lamest
On this page you'll find 81 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to lame, such as: sore, bruised, deformed, disabled, game, and halt.

antonyms for lame

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  • able
  • graceful
  • healthy
  • agile
  • mobile
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How to use lame in a sentence

Just lame, fake-seeming "Thank you soooo much" nonsense, and an Amazon gift card.
CAROLYN HAX: WALK AWAY FROM A FAT-SHAMER. IT’S THE BEST KIND OF EXERCISE.CAROLYN HAXFEBRUARY 18, 2021WASHINGTON POST
In recent weeks, the lame-duck president has issued a rapid flurry of pardons to allies, friends and fellow Republicans, including full pardons to some who pleaded guilty to lying to federal law enforcement during the Russia investigation.
RIOTERS WANTED TO ‘CAPTURE AND ASSASSINATE’ LAWMAKERS, PROSECUTORS SAY. A NOTE LEFT BY THE ‘QANON SHAMAN’ IS EVIDENCE.TEO ARMUSJANUARY 15, 2021WASHINGTON POST
The analysis does not consider reelections or transitions between leaders within the same party, because the risk of anti-democratic actions or abuses of lame-duck power in those scenarios is relatively low.
MOB VIOLENCE AT THE CAPITOL UNDERSCORES RISKS OF LENGTHY PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITIONSCHRISTOPHER INGRAHAMJANUARY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POST
While not a huge shift, this is the opposite of what typically happens in the lame-duck period.
WHY A SPLIT VERDICT IN GEORGIA ISN’T THAT CRAZYNATE SILVER (NRSILVER@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)DECEMBER 30, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
Facebook apps make lame promises like this in exchange for access to the scads of personal information that Facebook already collects about you.
START 2021 BY FIXING YOUR ONLINE PRIVACYSTAN HORACZEKDECEMBER 29, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
My head feels quite lame from so much practicing, the consequence, I suppose, of so much listening.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
Next morning the hero of Wagram, lame from the effect of a kick from his horse, was summoned before the Emperor.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISON
His donkey had gone lame, he abandoned it to the boys behind, he climbed in to drive with Lettice.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD
As she turned the corner, a lame child in a calico dress and torn hood staggered past her bent with the weight of a heavy basket.
TESSA WADSWORTH'S DISCIPLINEJENNIE M. DRINKWATER
Some one must have noticed that they were more apt to be lame after sitting on the cold ground while they were warm.
THE LATER CAVE-MENKATHARINE ELIZABETH DOPP
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO LAME

  • assault
  • bash
  • beat
  • break
  • bruise
  • buffet
  • clobber
  • contuse
  • cripple
  • crush
  • dash
  • deface
  • demolish
  • destroy
  • disable
  • disfigure
  • drub
  • hurt
  • injure
  • lacerate
  • lambaste
  • lame
  • lash
  • mangle
  • mar
  • maul
  • mutilate
  • pelt
  • pommel
  • pound
  • pummel
  • punish
  • ruin
  • shatter
  • smash
  • thrash
  • wallop
  • wreck
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