paralytic
Unable to move
Paralytic describes something relating to or affected by paralysis: paralytic symptoms, a paralytic stroke.
A paralytic is a person suffering from paralysis.
In British slang, paralytic means extremely drunk—so intoxicated as to be nearly immobile: He was absolutely paralytic by midnight.
Paralysis below the neck
- paraplegiaLower body immobility
- hemiplegiaOne-sided bodily paralysis
- tetraplegiaParalysis affecting all limbs
- paresisPartial loss of movement
muscle weakness · spasticity · atrophy · numbness · nerve damage · spinal cord injury · bedridden · wheelchair-bound
Impaired by alcohol
- hammeredSeverely intoxicated or pounded
- plasteredExtremely intoxicated
- wastedUsed without good result
- sloshedVery intoxicated
blotto · legless · incapacitated · stupefied · insensible · comatose · unconscious · helpless
Solidified by extreme cold
- petrifiedSolidified or fear-paralyzed
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
- immobilizedMade unable to move
- helplessUnable to act independently
powerless · incapacitated · rooted · transfixed · stuck · seized up · shell-shocked · deer in headlights
Causing inability to move
- immobilizingPreventing any motion
- numbingCausing loss of sensation
- incapacitatingMaking unable to act
- disablingCausing loss of function
crippling · neurotoxin · curare · nerve agent · muscle relaxant · sedative · tranquilizer · anesthetic
Paralytic viral infection
- multiple sclerosisAutoimmune demyelinating neurological disease
- muscular dystrophyGenetic muscle-wasting condition
- cerebral palsyNeurological disorder impairing motor function
- strokeSudden brain blood blockage
neuropathy · myopathy · myelitis · post-polio syndrome · neurodegeneration · transverse myelitis · motor neuron disease · botulism
quadriplegia
Paralysis below the neck
- paraplegiaLower body immobility
- hemiplegiaOne-sided bodily paralysis
- tetraplegiaParalysis affecting all limbs
paresis · muscle weakness · spasticity · atrophy · numbness · nerve damage · spinal cord injury · bedridden · wheelchair-bound · nonambulatory
drunk
Impaired by alcohol
sloshed · blotto · legless · incapacitated · stupefied · insensible · comatose · unconscious · helpless · staggering
frozen
Solidified by extreme cold
- petrifiedSolidified or fear-paralyzed
- stunnedShocked into speechlessness
- immobilizedMade unable to move
helpless · powerless · incapacitated · rooted · transfixed · stuck · seized up · shell-shocked · deer in headlights · stopped cold
paralysing
Causing inability to move
- immobilizingPreventing any motion
- numbingCausing loss of sensation
- incapacitatingMaking unable to act
disabling · crippling · neurotoxin · curare · nerve agent · muscle relaxant · sedative · tranquilizer · anesthetic · botulinum toxin
polio
Paralytic viral infection
- multiple sclerosisAutoimmune demyelinating neurological disease
- muscular dystrophyGenetic muscle-wasting condition
- cerebral palsyNeurological disorder impairing motor function
stroke · neuropathy · myopathy · myelitis · post-polio syndrome · neurodegeneration · transverse myelitis · motor neuron disease · botulism · tetanus
- drunk slangdrunk, wasted, hammered, smashed, plastered
- drunkennessdrunk, tipsy, buzzed, intoxicated, inebriated
- executionexecution, lethal injection, firing squad, gas chamber, electric chair
- intoxicateddrunk, high, intoxicated, inebriated, wasted
- Biblical FiguresJesus, Adam, Eve, Moses, Noah
- stillnessstillness, motionless, motionlessness, immobility, unmoving
paralyticable-bodied
Physically fit, healthy
mobile · ambulatory · nonparalytic · healthy · robust
paralyticsober
Free from intoxication
teetotal · clear-headed · clearheaded · straight · dry
paralyticdynamic
Active and changing
active · energizing · galvanizing · mobilizing · stimulating