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View usage for: (pærəlɪtɪk) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]Paralytic means suffering from or related to paralysis. ...paralytic disease. 2. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE]Someone who is paralytic is very drunk. [British, informal] By the end of the evening they were all absolutely paralytic. Synonyms: drunk, pissed [British, Australian, New Zealand, slang], intoxicated, wasted [slang] More Synonyms of paralytic More Synonyms of paralytic paralytic in British English (ˌpærəˈlɪtɪk) adjective1. of, relating to, or of the nature of paralysis 2. having or subject to paralysis 3. British informal very drunk noun4. a person afflicted with paralysis Derived forms paralytically (ˌparaˈlytically) adverb paralytic in American English (ˌpærəˈlɪtɪk) adjective1. of, or having the nature of, paralysis 2. having or subject to paralysis noun3. a person having paralysis Word origin ME paraletik < OFr paralytique < L paralyticus < Gr paralytikosExamples of 'paralytic' in a sentenceparalytic He was hard at work becoming paralytic in the Ship tavern when I arrived.It was as if he himself had been caught and immobilized by one of the warrior-poet's paralytic drugs.He was watching her with the paralytic fascination a rodent has for a poisonous serpent. Definition of or relating to paralysis Scientists have managed to reverse paralytic diseases in laboratory animals. Synonyms paralysing disabling crippling incapacitating immobilizing Definition of or relating to paralysis Definition very drunk (British, informal) By the end of the evening, they were all paralytic. Synonyms wasted (slang) canned (slang) flying (slang) bombed (slang) stoned (slang) smashed (slang) hammered (slang) steaming (slang) wrecked (slang) out of it (slang) plastered (slang) blitzed (slang) lit up (slang) stewed (slang) sloshed (slang) legless (informal) tired and emotional (euphemistic) steamboats (Scottish, slang) off your face (slang) zonked (slang) blotto (slang) out to it (Australian, New Zealand, slang) rat-arsed (taboo, slang) blatted (British, slang) boozed-up (informal) dronkverdriet (South Africa) elephants (Australian, slang) blatted (British, slang) broken (South Africa, informal) boozed-up (slang) kaylied (British, slang) langered (Irish, slang) lashed (British, slang) mashed (British, slang) mullered (slang) ossified (Irish, slang) sat (South Africa) stukkend (South Africa, slang) trashed (slang) Brahms and Liszt (slang) bevvied (dialect) pie-eyed (slang) Additional synonymsDefinition not able to move or be moved A riding accident had left him immobile. Synonyms crippled, paralysed, incapacitated, laid up (informal), bedridden, housebound, enfeebledDefinition drunk He was obviously inebriated by the time dessert was served. Synonyms drunk, wasted (slang), tight (informal), smashed (slang), canned (slang), high (informal), flying (slang), bombed (slang), stoned (slang), hammered (slang), steaming (slang), wrecked (slang), out of it (slang), plastered (slang), blitzed (slang), pissed (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), lit up (slang), merry (British, informal), bladdered (slang), under the influence (informal), intoxicated, tipsy, befuddled, legless (informal), under the weather (informal), blatted (British, slang), boozed-up (informal), dronkverdriet (South Africa), elephants (Australian, slang), blatted (British, slang), broken (South Africa, informal), boozed-up (slang), kaylied (British, slang), langered (Irish, slang), lashed (British, slang), mashed (British, slang), mullered (slang), ossified (Irish, slang), sat (South Africa), stukkend (South Africa, slang), trashed (slang), paralytic (informal), sozzled (informal), steamboats (Scottish, slang), off your face (slang), half-cut (informal), blind drunk, high as a kite (informal), zonked (slang), blotto (slang), the worse for drink, inebriate, out to it (Australian, New Zealand, slang), drunk as a skunk, bacchic, in your cups, rat-arsed (taboo, slang), Brahms and Liszt (slang), half seas over (informal), bevvied (dialect), three sheets in the wind (informal), babalas (South Africa), fou or fu' (Scottish), pie-eyed (slang) He appeared intoxicated, police said. Synonyms drunk, tight (informal), smashed (slang), pissed (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), canned (slang), high (informal), cut (British, slang), flying (slang), bombed (slang), stoned (slang), wasted (slang), hammered (slang), steaming (slang), wrecked (slang), stiff (slang), out of it (slang), plastered (slang), drunken, blitzed (slang), lit up (slang), stewed (slang), under the influence, tipsy, legless (informal), paralytic (informal), sozzled (informal), steamboats (Scottish), blatted (British, slang), boozed-up (informal), dronkverdriet (South Africa), elephants (Australian, slang, slang), broken (South Africa, informal), boozed-up (slang), kaylied (British, slang), langered (Irish, slang), lashed (British, slang), mashed (British, slang), mullered (slang), ossified (Irish, slang), sat (South Africa), stukkend (South Africa, slang), trashed (slang), off your face (slang), zonked (slang), blotto (slang), fuddled, the worse for drink, inebriated, out to it (Australian, New Zealand, slang), drunk as a skunk, in your cups (informal), rat-arsed (taboo, slang), Brahms and Liszt (slang), half seas over (British, informal), bevvied (dialect), three sheets in the wind (informal), babalas (South Africa) - paralyse
- paralysed
- paralysis
- paralytic
- parameter
- paramount
- paramour
Additional synonymsDefinition deprived of feeling through cold, shock, or fear His legs felt numb and his toes ached. Synonyms unfeeling, dead, frozen, paralysed, insensitive, deadened, immobilized, torpid, insensible, benumbedDefinition drunk He was just lying there completely pissed. Synonyms drunk, wasted (slang), wrecked (slang), plastered (slang), intoxicated, canned (slang), bombed (slang), loaded (slang, US, Canadian), smashed (slang), steaming (slang), out of it (slang), blitzed (slang), hammered (slang), pickled (informal), bladdered (slang), sloshed (slang), legless (informal), paralytic (informal), steamboats (Scottish, slang), zonked (slang), blotto (slang), inebriated, rat-arsed (taboo, slang), blatted (British, slang), boozed-up (informal), dronkverdriet (South Africa), elephants (Australian, slang), blatted (British, slang), broken (South Africa, informal), boozed-up (slang), kaylied (British, slang), langered (Irish, slang), lashed (British, slang), mashed (British, slang), mullered (slang), ossified (Irish, slang), sat (South Africa), stukkend (South Africa, slang), trashed (slang), Brahms and Liszt (slang), bevvied (dialect), fu' (Scottish), pie-eyed (slang) |