cripplingly
In paralyzing fashion
Cripplingly describes something so severe it impairs function or capacity.
A cripplingly shy person can barely interact socially.
Cripplingly expensive costs strain finances to the breaking point.
The word intensifies adjectives that already suggest difficulty or harm: cripplingly slow, cripplingly painful, cripplingly boring.
In an enfeebling way
- paralyzinglyIn an incapacitating manner
- crushinglyIn an overwhelming way
- devastatinglyIn a ruinous manner
- overwhelminglyTo an overpowering degree
excruciatingly · agonizingly · punishingly · ruinously · catastrophically · disastrously · impossibly · unbearably
Costing much money
- costlyHigh in price
- indebtedOwing thanks or money
- taxingRequiring great effort
- burdensomeDifficult to endure
unaffordable · prohibitive · ruinous · bankrupting · extortionate · exorbitant · overpriced · uneconomical
Reserved and retiring
- anxiousTroubled by uncertainty
- insecureLacking self-assurance
- self-consciousUncomfortably aware of oneself
- fearfulFull of fright
depressed · lonely · jealous · inhibited · timid · nervous · overwhelmed · ashamed
Lacking in speed
- painfulCausing hurt or ache
- weakLacking power or force
- fatiguedDrained of energy
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
limited · impaired · disabled · immobilized · incapacitated · debilitated · enfeebled · hamstrung
debilitatingly
In an enfeebling way
- paralyzinglyIn an incapacitating manner
- crushinglyIn an overwhelming way
- devastatinglyIn a ruinous manner
overwhelmingly · excruciatingly · agonizingly · punishingly · ruinously · catastrophically · disastrously · impossibly · unbearably · intolerably
expensive
Costing much money
burdensome · unaffordable · prohibitive · ruinous · bankrupting · extortionate · exorbitant · overpriced · uneconomical · unsustainable
shy
Reserved and retiring
- anxiousTroubled by uncertainty
- insecureLacking self-assurance
- self-consciousUncomfortably aware of oneself
fearful · depressed · lonely · jealous · inhibited · timid · nervous · overwhelmed · ashamed · embarrassed
slow
Lacking in speed
exhausted · limited · impaired · disabled · immobilized · incapacitated · debilitated · enfeebled · hamstrung · hobbled
cripplinglymildly
In a gentle way
slightly · marginally · negligibly · barely · minimally
- crippling injuryHarm causing lasting disability
- crippling debt
- crippling fear
- crippling blow
- crippling diseaseIllness causing severe impairment