Palsy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Complete or partial muscle paralysis, often accompanied by loss of sensation and uncontrollable body movements or tremors.
  • n. A weakening or debilitating influence.
  • n. An enfeebled condition or debilitated state thought to result from such an influence.
  • n. A fit of strong emotion marked by the inability to act: "Flaherty dithered in a little palsy of indignation” ( Anthony Burgess).
  • v. To paralyze.
  • v. To deprive of strength.
  • v. To make helpless, as with fear.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Chummy, friendly.
  • n. Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.
  • v. To paralyse, either completely or partially.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Paralysis, complete or partial. See paralysis.
  • v. To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A weakening, suspension, or abolition of muscular power or sensation; paralysis. See paralysis.
  • Palsied.
  • To paralyze; affect with palsy or as with palsy; deprive of action or energy.
  • To suffer from palsy; be affected with palsy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a condition marked by uncontrollable tremor
  • n. loss of the ability to move a body part
  • v. affect with palsy
  • Verb Form
    palsied    palsies    palsying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    symptom    paralyze    paralyse   
    Variant
    palsied    paralysis   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    paralyze    paralysis    disable   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    paralysis    sclerosis    epilepsy    apoplexy    rheumatism    delirium    atrophy    convulsion    retardation    syncope