limped
Favored one leg
Limped is the past tense of limp, meaning to walk unevenly, favoring one leg over the other due to injury or disability: He limped off the field after twisting his ankle.
Figuratively, things that move haltingly or with difficulty limp along: The damaged ship limped back to port.
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- staggerWalk unsteadily, sway
- lurchAbrupt unsteady movement
- falterLose momentum or steadiness
- dragResistance through fluid
shamble · wobble · uneven · halting · labored · awkward · slow · painful
Ligament stretch injury
- fractureSplit in hard material
- strainExcessive stretching force
- twistedWound around itself
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
bruise · pain · wound · sore · ache · tender · favoring · gimpy
Lost momentum or confidence
- sputteredSpoke in fragments
- stalledStopped unexpectedly
- struggledExerted with difficulty
- flounderedStruggled ineffectively
stumbled · dragged · crawled · finish line · last place · managed
Exerted with difficulty
- enduredBore without yielding
- pressed onContinued with determination
- soldiered onPersisted through adversity
- pushed throughAdvanced despite opposition
persisted · continued · carried on · forged ahead · toughed out · managed · survived · overcame
Restoration of health
- mendingRestoring damaged items
- recuperatingRegaining health gradually
- convalescingHealing after sickness
- rehabilitatingRestoring to good condition
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drag · shamble · wobble · uneven · halting · labored · awkward · slow · painful · hesitant
sprain
Ligament stretch injury
swelling · bruise · pain · wound · sore · ache · tender · favoring · gimpy · lame
faltered
Lost momentum or confidence
floundered · stumbled · dragged · crawled · finish line · last place · managed
struggled
Exerted with difficulty
- enduredBore without yielding
- pressed onContinued with determination
- soldiered onPersisted through adversity
pushed through · persisted · continued · carried on · forged ahead · toughed out · managed · survived · overcame · battled
healing
Restoration of health
- mendingRestoring damaged items
- recuperatingRegaining health gradually
- convalescingHealing after sickness
rehabilitating · improving · physical therapy · getting better · on the mend
- movement verbsgo, walk, run, move, walked
- slowed downbraked, decelerated, reduced speed, slackened, throttled
- go limp
- limp along
- limp handshakeSlack-gripped greeting
- limp hairFlat, lifeless tresses
- limp noodle
- limp dickNon-erect male genitalia