Stunted
['stʌntɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Stunt
(a.) Dwarfed.
Editor: Tracy
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Dwarfish, dwarfed, diminutive, small, little, tiny, Liliputian, pygmean.
Checker: Sigmund
Examples
- Near by stood a stunted oak-tree, which was made historical by the event. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Here, in a thicket of stunted oaks, her verandahs spread themselves above the island-dotted waters. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- YOU, who from his cradle reared him to be what he was, and stunted what he should have been! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Halfway down the hill the path ran near a knot of stunted hollies, which in the general darkness of the scene stood as the pupil in a black eye. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Checker: Sigmund