Antonyms for lame


Grammar : Adj
Spell : leym
Phonetic Transcription : leɪm


Definition of lame

Origin :
  • "silk interwoven with metallic threads," 1922, from French lame, earlier "thin metal plate (especially in armor), gold wire; blade; wave (of the sea)," from Middle French lame, from Latin lamina, lamna "thin piece or flake of metal."
  • adj unable to walk properly
  • adj feeble, weak
Example sentences :
  • The crowd had thickened in front, so that the lame man and the girl had come to a stand.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The lame girl who played the violin limped down the corridor into the ward.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • "Certainly," I replied, deeply sighing at the recital of so lame a story.
  • Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen
  • First the blind, then the deaf and the dumb, then the halt and the lame—and so on.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • "I wish there were crowns for lame boys to win," said Charmides.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • We must call upon him to surrender, and if he refuses we must fire so as to lame, but not to hurt him.
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
  • The lame foreigner with the stick wants a top room down the Yard.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • At first he was so stiff, from lack of practice, that he ran like a lame cow.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • But the lame Immortal did not want to bother with him, and told him to go away.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • And what is more pitiable about her, she is lame in the right leg.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

Synonyms for lame

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