Synonyms of mutilated

mutilated 1 of 2

adjective

as in maimed

Related Words

• maimed
• disabled
• paralyzed
• paralytic
• incapacitated
• impaired
• hobbled
• feeble
• debilitated
• hamstrung
• enfeebled
• paraplegic
• decrepit
• infirm
• quadriplegic
• paretic
• hemiplegic
• weakened
• wasted
• weak
• frail

Dissimilar Words

• whole
• well
• able-bodied
• healthy
• sound
• fit
• robust
• hearty
• hale

mutilated

2 of 2

verb

past tense of mutilate

as in crippled

to cause severe or permanent injury to

was lucky not to be mutilated in the car crash

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crippled
• incapacitated
• wounded
• scarred
• injured
• damaged
• maimed
• disabled
• bruised
• killed
• lamed
• hurt
• paralyzed
• dismembered
• mangled
• disfigured
• battered
• mauled
• hit
• lacerated
• murdered
• impaired
• tortured
• hobbled
• hamstrung
• harmed
• gored
• licked
• beat
• winged
• smashed
• bludgeoned
• pasted
• pummeled
• punched
• slapped
• whipped
• banged
• pounded
• smacked
• tormented
• whacked
• buffeted
• roughed (up)
• bashed
• thrashed
• boxed
• hammered
• lashed
• flogged
• thumped
• spanked
• pelted
• laced
• swiped
• bunged up
• belted
• swatted
• socked
• lambasted
• kneecapped
• thwacked
• broke
• drubbed
• pommeled
• walloped

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cured
• healed
• rehabilitated
• remedied
• fixed
• restored
• repaired
• mended
• renewed
• patched
• doctored
• rejuvenated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mutilated

Adjective

Pull some treats from the open coffin at Scotto Funeral Home, on the corner of Court Street and 2nd Place, then head to President near Hoyt to gawk at bloodstained windows and mutilated dolls. — Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026

Ken Russell’s The Devils originally came out in 1971 in a mutilated version, and nobody quite knew what to do with it at the time. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

The mutilated body of Mary Ann Nichols was found in London’s East End slums. — USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

According to the Times coverage of the incident and subsequent lawsuit, the scenes shown in the classroom included autopsies, decaying cadavers and live animals being butchered, mutilated and tortured. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026

But the most difficult parts also offer ways forward — news that arrives via a skull, a mutilated body, evidence of closure in many respects of the word. — ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026

The case back then also involved the bodies of naked, mutilated women, plus all the sexism and homophobia that were pervasive in police work in 1998 and are apparently ship-shape today. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026

Verb

The equipment was mutilated and ash-covered, and the digital camera’s lens was sheared off. — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

In the comics, they’re later mutilated and replaced with metallic wings by Apocalypse, who transforms Angel into the darker, blue-skinned Archangel. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026

All of them were naked, mutilated and left in desolate spots. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Gein murdered at least two women, as well as illegally exhumed and mutilated multiple corpses, in the 1940s and 1950s. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

Days later, Till’s mutilated, bloated body was fished out of the Tallahatchie River. — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026

Clayface stars Tom Rhys Harries (White Lines, Suspicion) as Matt Hagen, a promising actor in Gotham City who’s left mutilated by a mob boss for sleeping with the gangster’s girlfriend. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 21 July 2026

Rhaenyra’s aunt, Rhaenys, is slain in the fight, and Aegon is mutilated, his own dragon left for dead on the field. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

Sam’s face was mutilated beyond recognition; his mother identified him by a tattoo on his chest that read Mother, and promptly collapsed. — Laura Secor, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026