Synonyms for paralytic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : par-uh-lit-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌpær əˈlɪt ɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for paralytic
Définition of paralytic
Origin :- c.1300 (adj.), late 14c. (n.), from Old French paralitique "paralyzed, unmoving," from Latin paralyticus, from Greek paralytikos, from paralysis (see paralysis).
- adj impaired in movement
- The shock, we are told, brought on a paralytic seizure of which he died.
- Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
- At the house of an old lady of seventy, a paralytic, the rebuff was of a different kind.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- He had also learned something of the paralytic seizure which the disaster had occasioned.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- The eyes of the paralytic had faintly lit up at his approach.
- Extract from : « A Bride of the Plains » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
- I trembled like a paralytic, and was afraid that my anger might get me into difficulty.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- Here again the most frequent is the cure of paralytic symptoms and of obsessions.
- Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
- They heard the words spoken to the paralytic, and were angered thereat.
- Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage
- They must wait upon the paralytic father with proper punctilio.
- Extract from : « Personality in Literature » by Rolfe Arnold Scott-James
- He was lame from a paralytic stroke, and had lost the use of his speech and of his hands.
- Extract from : « Strife and Peace » by Fredrika Bremer
- I am arranging to give it to the home for paralytic children.
- Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow
Antonyms for paralytic
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