Vocabulary
Hobble
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
walk in an awkward way, typically because of pain from an injury.
Urdu meaning
لنگڑا کر چلنا، لنگڑاہٹ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- No wonder that few think that the formation of yet another committee can help tackle the structural weaknesses that continue to hobble the auto industry.
- Hindutva`s self-limiting interests hobble India`s foreign relations.
- The YouTube ban of 2012-2016 is a painful reminder of how such restrictions hobble society`s advancement while failing to achieve stated objectives.
- These tactics accompany an already suffocating environment of legal harassment and arbitrary internet disruptions that hobble news gathering and dissemination.
- The march on Damascus targets China and Russia, to hobble their ambitions for BRICS.
Synonyms
limp, walk with a limp, walk with difficulty, move unsteadily, walk unevenly, walk lamely
Curator example
“he was hobbling around on crutches”
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