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emotional cripple

emotional cripple noun: a person who has been rendered indecisive, alienated, uncaring, confused, or helpless through experiencing debilitating emotions, such as worry, fear, panic, despair, etc.

Noun

emotional cripple (plural emotional cripples)

  1. (idiomatic, offensive) A person who has been rendered indecisive, alienated, uncaring, confused, or helpless through experiencing debilitating emotions, such as worry, fear, panic, despair, etc.
    • The truth is I was an emotional cripple when I met her, drunk more often than not, punishing myself for doing things that went against my nature.1997, Mordecai Richler, Barney's Version, →ISBN
    • His mother's affliction was "panic disorder with agoraphobia, which made her an emotional cripple for many years."1999 April 24, Sarah Boxer, “Think Tank: A Son's Simple Diagnosis of His Father's Complexities”, in New York Times, retrieved 23 Jan 2013
    Synonyms:
    basket case

emotional cripple meaning in Bengali

emotional cripple in Bengali

ভয়, আতঙ্ক, বিচ্ছিন্ন, উদাসীন, বিভ্রান্ত, অসহায় হয়ে পড়েছেন

Synonyms of emotional cripple

Forms of emotional cripple

pluralemotional cripples

Questions about emotional cripple

What does emotional cripple mean?
Emotional cripple means a person who has been rendered indecisive, alienated, uncaring, confused, or helpless through experiencing debilitating emotions, such as worry, fear, panic, despair, etc.
What is emotional cripple in Bengali?
Emotional cripple in Bengali is ভয়, আতঙ্ক, বিচ্ছিন্ন. See Emotional cripple meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is emotional cripple?
Emotional cripple is a noun.
What is the plural of emotional cripple?
The plural of emotional cripple is emotional cripples.

Words near emotional cripple in the dictionary

  1. emotional affairs
  2. emotional age
  3. emotional ages
  4. emotional blackmail
  5. emotional competence
  6. emotional cripple
  7. emotional cripples
  8. emotional eating
  9. emotional hardcore
  10. emotional incontinence
  11. emotional incontinences

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