lame
/leɪm/noun, verb, adjective1 syllable
Lame means: disabled in the feet or legs.
Synonyms for lame14
noun, as in someone who doesn't understand what is going on
verb, as in deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
adjective, as in pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
What does lame mean?5
adjective
disabled in the feet or legs“a crippled soldier”
pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness“a feeble excuse”
noun
someone who doesn't understand what is going on
a fabric interwoven with threads of metal“she wore a gold lame dress”
verb
deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg“The accident has crippled her for life”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with lame?19
three syllables
Lame in a sentence
- What kind of lame power is heart, anyways?Shoyren
- Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.Hybrid
- Science without faith is lame, faith without science is blind.Adelpa
- Ah, that's why the lame ducks are jealous.AmarMecheri
- I don't want to hear your lame excuses.CK
- That's a lame excuse for giving up the work.sharptoothed
- That joke has started to become really lame.Dozyjones
- I think they gave you some lame explanation and you believed it.maaster
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of lame
as a noun
- plural
- lames
as a verb
- past tense
- lamed
- present participle
- laming
- third-person singular
- lames
- past participle
- lamed
as a adjective
- comparative
- lamer
- superlative
- lamest