Meaning
6 senses(especially)Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
With the years, this horse has little by little gone lame.
lahm
хромо́йxromój, хрома́ющийxromájuščij
кульга́вийkulʹhávyj
disabled in the feet or legs
Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
(especially)That cannot be moved properly.
(dated, especially, offensive)Physically disabled.
a lame man
(broadly, dated)Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
хрома́ющийxromájuščij
(colloquial)Unconvincing or unbelievable.
He had a really lame excuse for missing the birthday party.
сла́быйslábyj, неубеди́тельныйneubedítelʹnyj
(colloquial)Uncool, uninteresting, or unfunny.
He kept telling these extremely lame jokes all night.
Examples
61 sentencesI don't want to hear your lame excuses.
Can you believe how lame this is?
That's a lame excuse.
ruЭто неудачная отмазка.
That's so lame.
This is lame.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English lame, from Old English lama (“lame”), from Proto-West Germanic *lam, fFrom Middle English lame, from Old English lama (“lame”), from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz (“lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lemH- (“to tire; to break”).
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Forms
lamer, lamestSynonyms
8 synonymsAntonyms
4 antonymsWord family
19 related wordsLessons for this word
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