handikappad — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cripple noun An outdated and now offensive term for a person with a serious physical disability.
- disabled adj Having a lasting physical or mental condition that limits activity or function.
- encumbered adj Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow.
- handicapped adj Having a physical or mental disability.
- invalid adj Not legally or officially acceptable; not valid.
Senses
handikappad is used for these senses in English:
- cripple (offensive) A person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.
- disabled Having a disability.
- encumbered Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow.
- handicapped (derogatory) Limited by an impediment of some kind.
- invalid (dated, sometimes, offensive) Any person with a disability or illness.
cripple — full definition
- noun An outdated and now offensive term for a person with a serious physical disability.
- verb To severely damage or disable something, physically or otherwise.
disabled — full definition
- adj Having a lasting physical or mental condition that limits activity or function.
- adj Made unable to work or operate; switched off.