Spastic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or characterized by spasms: a spastic colon; a spastic form of cerebral palsy.
  • adj. Affected by spastic paralysis.
  • adj. Offensive Slang Clumsy or inept.
  • n. A person affected with spastic paralysis.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.
  • adj. Of or relating to spastic paralysis.
  • adj. Clumsy.
  • adj. Hyperactive, excited, and acting in a random manner.
  • n. A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.
  • n. A stupid, clumsy person.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to spasm; spasmodic; especially, pertaining to tonic spasm; tetanic.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In medicine, pertaining or relating to spasm; spasmodic: as, spastic contractions; spastic remedies.
  • In zoology, convulsive, as an infusorian; of or pertaining to the Spastica.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm
  • adj. relating to or characterized by spasm
  • n. a person suffering from spastic paralysis
  • adj. suffering from spastic paralysis
  • Equivalent
    unsteady    ill    sick   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    paralytic   
    Form
    spaz    spacker    spazz    spack   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    spasmodic    tetanic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts