lame — OAT · Shobdo

lame

adjective

1 the mare went lame:

limping, hobbling;

incapacitated, debilitated, infirm, deformed, maimed;

informal gammy;

archaic halt, game.

▷antonyms able-bodied.

2 a lame excuse:

feeble, weak, thin, flimsy, transparent, poor, puny;

unconvincing, implausible, unlikely, hollow, hard to believe;

informal pathetic, half-baked, hard to swallow.

▷antonyms convincing, persuasive.