challenged
chal·lenged
challenged · more challenged · most challenged
Disabled; lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to…Disabled; lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.
/ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪnd͡ʒd/
Meaning
2 senses(euphemistic)Disabled; lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.
mentally challenged
(humorous)Used following adverbs to make adjectives in imitation of and mocking adjectives of this kind.
He's not short; he's vertically challenged
Translations
2 languagesForms
more challenged, most challenged| Comparative | more challenged Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most challenged Lesson |
regular
Word family
28 related wordsDerivedaurally challengedcerebrally challengedculinarily challengedemploymentally challengedesthetically challengedethically challengedethnically challengedfollicly challengedgeographically challengedgravitationally challengedhorizontally challengedhumanly challengedhymenally challengedimmunochallengedintellectually challengedmelanin-challengedmentally challengedmetabolically challengednonchallengedparentally challengedphysically challengedracially challengedreality challengedtime-challenged
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form