limper
One favoring leg
Someone or something that limps—walks unevenly, favoring one leg over another.
A limper moves with difficulty, whether from injury, disability, or fatigue: The limper made his way slowly across the parking lot.
Anything that proceeds haltingly or weakly might be called a limper: The economy was a limper after the recession.
Walk with impaired gait
- shuffleRandomize by mixing
- staggerWalk unsteadily, sway
- lurchAbrupt unsteady movement
- trudgeWalk slowly, heavily
plod · drag · falter · teeter · totter · wobble · shamble · claudication
Weak and breakable
- feebleWeak and ineffective
- weakenedMade less capable
- debilitatedMade weak or infirm
- infirmWeak in body
exhausted · fatigued · worn · sapped · enfeebled · impaired · disabled · lame
Reduced in speed
- weakerDiminished in force
- worseningBecoming more severe
- noticeableEasily perceived or observed
- visibleAble to be seen
obvious · severe · painful · awkward · unsteady · labored · struggled · dragging
Ligament stretch injury
- fractureSplit in hard material
- strainExcessive stretching force
- tearTo pull apart
- woundCoiled, or an injury
bruise · swelling · dislocation · trauma · pulled muscle · twisted ankle · tendon · ligament
Post-illness healing phase
- healingRestoration of health
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- recuperationGradual return to health
- therapyCurative mental treatment
mending · improvement · regaining · physical therapy · crutches · brace · splint · bandage
hobble
Walk with impaired gait
trudge · plod · drag · falter · teeter · totter · wobble · shamble · claudication · stumble
frail
Weak and breakable
- feebleWeak and ineffective
- weakenedMade less capable
- debilitatedMade weak or infirm
infirm · exhausted · fatigued · worn · sapped · enfeebled · impaired · disabled · lame · crippled
slower
Reduced in speed
- weakerDiminished in force
- worseningBecoming more severe
- noticeableEasily perceived or observed
visible · obvious · severe · painful · awkward · unsteady · labored · struggled · dragging · favoring
sprain
Ligament stretch injury
wound · bruise · swelling · dislocation · trauma · pulled muscle · twisted ankle · tendon · ligament · contusion
convalescence
Post-illness healing phase
- healingRestoration of health
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- recuperationGradual return to health
therapy · mending · improvement · regaining · physical therapy · crutches · brace · splint · bandage · rest
- go limp
- limp along
- limp handshakeSlack-gripped greeting
- limp hairFlat, lifeless tresses
- limp noodle
- limp dickNon-erect male genitalia