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emotional cripples

emotional cripples is the plural of emotional cripple.

Meaning of emotional cripple

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
    Synonyms:
    basket case

Questions about emotional cripples

What is emotional cripples the plural of?
Emotional cripples is the plural of emotional cripple.

Words near emotional cripples in the dictionary

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

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