paralytic

Meaning

Noun

1. Someone suffering from paralysis.
2. A drug that produces paralysis.

Adj

1. Affected by paralysis; paralysed.
2. Pertaining to paralysis.
3. (Australia, Ireland, UK, slang) Very drunk.

Synonyms

paralyzed

paralytical

cripple

immobile

numb

palsied

palsy

paralysed

paralysis

feeble

powerless

quadriplegic

rickety

shaky

weak

paretic

deformed person

palsy victim

affected with shaking palsy

crippled

Translations

paralytique

paralitico

paralítico

paralítico

paralític

paralytisch

kötürüm

felçli

inmeli

paralysé

lam

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verlamd

paralizzato

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌpæɹəˈlɪtɪk/

Etymology

Borrowed from French paralytique, from Latin paralyticus, from Ancient Greek παραλυτικός (paralutikós, “paralyzed”).