Synonyms for limp
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Without stiffness
pliant, soft, flaccid, flabby, formative, supple, pliable, limber, relaxed, bending readily, ductile, plastic, impressible, yielding, lax, slack, droopy, loose, flimsy, unsubstantial; see also flexible 1.
Antonyms stiff*, rigid, wooden.
Weak
feeble, infirm, debilitated; see weak 2.
verb
halt, walk lamely, proceed slowly, flag, shuffle, teeter, lag, stagger, claudicate, totter, dodder, hobble, hitch, falter; see also stumble 1.
See limp in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms
limp flabby flaccid floppy
These adjectives mean lacking in stiffness or firmness: a limp shirt collar; flabby, wrinkled flesh; flaccid cheeks; a floppy hat brim.
Antonym: firm1
See limp in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To walk in a lame way:
halt2, hitch, hobble. See moveTo proceed or perform in an unsteady, faltering manner:
blunder, bumble1, bungle, flounder, fudge, fumble, muddle, shuffle, stagger, stumble. See thrive
adjective
Lacking in stiffness or firmness:
flabby, flaccid, floppy. See flexibleLacking energy and vitality or showing such a lack:
flagging, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, leaden, listless, lymphatic, spiritless. See action, tired
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