challenged
/ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪnd͡ʒd/ adjective B2- Disabled; lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill; used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives. · mentally challenged
- Used following adverbs to make adjectives in imitation of and mocking adjectives of this kind. · He's not short or bald; he's vertically and follicularly challenged.
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Mesdemoiselles Noblet, Julia, and Leroux executed the customary pirouettes; Robert duly challenged the Prince of Granada; and the royal father of the princess Isabella, taking his daughter by the hand, swept round the stage with majestic strides, the better to display the rich folds of his velvet robe and mantle.
It appears that after having challenged M.
The Lion alone challenged him to combat.
I had quarelled with him some time previously, and had even challenged him to fight me; but he refused.”
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