shamble
Walk without lifting
Shamble means to walk with a slow, shuffling, awkward gait—dragging the feet rather than lifting them cleanly: He shambled across the room in his bathrobe.
The word suggests weariness, age, or carelessness.
As a noun, a shamble is this kind of walk.
The plural shambles, a different word, means a scene of disorder or destruction.
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- stumbleLose footing momentarily
- lurchAbrupt unsteady movement
- staggerWalk unsteadily, sway
- totterMove unsteadily, nearly falling
hobble · trudge · plod · waddle · teeter · limp · drag · falter
shuffle
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totter · hobble · trudge · plod · waddle · teeter · limp · drag · falter · slouch
awkward
Lacking grace or ease
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
- lumberingMoving heavily and awkwardly
- stumblingWalking clumsily, almost falling
bumbling · uncoordinated · graceless · fumbling · blundering · clumsy · oafish · gawky · maladroit · ungraceful
wreckage
Destroyed remains of something
destruction · devastation · disorder · debris · aftermath · carnage · havoc · ruin · wasteland · desolation