crippling

/ ˈkrɪplɪŋ /

adjective

1. damaging or injurious

Other Word Forms

• cripplingly adverb

Example Sentences

Tension underlies the preparation for the festivities: Nick is arriving home after a stint of several months in a psychiatric institution, after crippling anxiety forced him to withdraw from college.

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If completely cut off, its LNG inventory would be fully depleted within days, crippling the island’s ability to produce electricity.

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The second and arguably more interesting notion Park plays with is Man-su’s crippling pride, which keeps him mopey and unwilling to consider part-time work.

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The big challenge facing Lecornu and his two predecessors has been how to tackle France's crippling national debt and get over the ideological divisions between the centre-ground parties who could be part of a government.

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The Birmingham-born Hustle star portrays the titular character Cyrano – a romantic poet with crippling self-consciousness caused by his distinctive nose, which takes make-up artists 40 minutes to attach to Lester's face.

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Related Words

• adverse 
• bad 
• catastrophic 
• damaging 
• destructive 
• detrimental 
• disadvantageous 
• disastrous 
• inimical 
• noxious 
• painful 
• pernicious 
• risky 
• ruinous 
• sinful 
• toxic 
• unhealthy 
• unsafe