English Explanatory Dictionary

challenged

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Disabled; lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives.
  2. Used following adverbs to make adjectives in imitation of and mocking adjectives of this kind.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of challenge

Pronunciation

/ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪnd͡ʒd/ /ˈt͡ʃæl.ənd͡ʒd/ en-us-challenged.ogg

Word forms

challenged more challenged most challenged

Derived words

aurally challenged cerebrally challenged culinarily challenged employmentally challenged esthetically challenged ethically-challenged ethically challenged ethnically challenged follically challenged follicly challenged follicularly challenged geographically challenged gravitationally-challenged gravitationally challenged horizontally challenged horizontally-challenged humanly challenged hymenally challenged immunochallenged intellectually challenged melanin-challenged mentally challenged metabolically challenged nonchallenged parentally challenged physically challenged racially challenged reality challenged time-challenged unchallenged vehicularly challenged vertically-challenged vertically challenged vitally challenged
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