hobbled
Moved with difficulty
Hobbled describes movement impaired by restraint or injury.
A hobbled horse has its legs tied loosely together to prevent wandering.
A hobbled person walks with difficulty, limping or shuffling: He hobbled to the bathroom on his sprained ankle.
Figuratively, something hobbled is hampered or constrained: The agency was hobbled by budget cuts.
Uneven gait from injury
- shufflingRandomizing order of items
- staggeringShockingly impressive or unsteady
- stumblingWalking clumsily, almost falling
- falteringBecoming unsteady or weak
tottering · lurching · shambling · halting · unsteady · labored · awkward · slow
Uneven gait from injury
- sprainedLigament torn by twisting
- fracturedSplit or splintered
- woundedHaving sustained harm
- bruisedInjured beneath skin
bandaged · sore · painful · swollen · dislocated · broken · battered · lame
Obstructed or restricted
- hinderedSlowed or obstructed
- handicappedHaving imposed disadvantage
- limitedRestricted in extent
- constrainedForced into narrow limits
restricted · impeded · crippled · weakened · compromised · undermined · disadvantaged · encumbered
Bound with metal restraints
manacled · handcuffed · constrained · restricted · confined · immobilized · leashed · trammelled
limping
Uneven gait from injury
- shufflingRandomizing order of items
- staggeringShockingly impressive or unsteady
- stumblingWalking clumsily, almost falling
faltering · tottering · lurching · shambling · halting · unsteady · labored · awkward · slow · dragging
limping
Uneven gait from injury
bruised · bandaged · sore · painful · swollen · dislocated · broken · battered · lame · maimed
hampered
Obstructed or restricted
- hinderedSlowed or obstructed
- handicappedHaving imposed disadvantage
- limitedRestricted in extent
constrained · restricted · impeded · crippled · weakened · compromised · undermined · disadvantaged · encumbered · burdened
shackled
Bound with metal restraints
chained · manacled · handcuffed · constrained · restricted · confined · immobilized · leashed · trammelled · tied
- movement verbsgo, walk, run, move, walked
- immobilityparalysis, stuck, trapped, immobilization, confinement
- incapacitatedunconscious, knocked out, out cold, passed out, comatose
- restraintshandcuffs, shackles, chains, ropes, cuffs
- wrongedabused, mistreated, victimized, exploited, oppressed
hobbledsprinted
Ran at top speed
ran · free · unrestrained · strode · bounded
hobbledunhindered
Not held back
unimpeded · empowered · enabled · liberated · unrestricted
- hobble skirtSkirt narrowing at hem