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Definitions

crippling

ADJECTIVE
harmful
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adverse bad catastrophic damaging destructive detrimental disadvantageous disastrous inimical noxious painful pernicious risky ruinous sinful toxic unhealthy unsafe
WEAK
baleful baneful calamitous cataclysmic consumptive corroding corrupting deleterious dire evil harassing incendiary internecine malefic malicious malignant menacing mischievous murderous nocuous pestiferous pestilential sinister subversive undermining unwholesome virulent
Antonyms
STRONGEST
advantageous aiding assisting beneficial favorable fortunate good harmless healthy helpful honest kind lucky profitable safe upright
ADJECTIVE
ruinous
Synonyms
STRONGEST
calamitous cataclysmic catastrophic damaging deadly dire fatal harmful hurtful murderous pernicious
WEAK
annihilative baleful baneful deleterious depleting draining exhausting extravagant fateful immoderate impoverishing injurious noxious shattering suicidal unfortunate wasteful withering wrackful
Antonyms
STRONGEST
favorable fortunate harmless healthful helpful kind nice trivial unimportant wholesome
WEAK
advantageous assisting beneficial
ADJECTIVE
tumbledown
Synonyms
WEAK
annihilative baleful baneful calamitous cataclysmic catastrophic damaging deadly deleterious depleting dilapidated dire draining exhausting extravagant fatal fateful harmful hurtful immoderate impoverishing injurious murderous noxious pernicious ramshackle rundown shattering suicidal unfortunate wasteful withering wrackful
NOUN
disarmament
Synonyms
STRONGEST
demilitarization demobilization
STRONG
conquest de-escalation disablement disqualification freeze occupation pacification subjugation
WEAK
arms limitation arms reduction neutralizing paralyzing rendering powerless
Antonyms
STRONG
surrender yielding
WEAK
arming buildup

Example Sentences

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Anyone with dementia, Parkinson’s or another progressive disease will face crippling costs just to get through each day.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Iran has lashed out at Gulf nations, long seen as a relative safe haven in a volatile region, hammering the tourism industry and crippling global air travel as their major hubs come under attack.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

"I am suffering from crippling anxiety. I am trying to rebuild my life but I feel used and manipulated. I feel violated and betrayed."

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

The damp climate and the rigors of life on the march were tough for a man in his 60s who had long suffered from crippling gout and could often barely walk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Plus, the heat aggravated her crippling sick headaches, and she had to resort to a big spoonful of Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, known to be the Best Blood Purifier for Women.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly