palsied

palsied
a) Afflicted with palsy.

[“]You had another of your vacillating consultations with your councillors. Fine advisers.” With infinite scorn, “A herd of palsied purblind idiots hugging their sterile profits close to their sunken chests in the face of my father’s displeasure.”

b) Trembling as if afflicted with palsy.

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  • Palsied — Pal sied, a. Affected with palsy; paralyzed. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • palsied — index powerless Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • palsied — [adj] crippled arthritic, atonic, debilitated, disabled, diseased, helpless, neurasthenic, paralytic, paralyzed, rheumatic, sclerotic, shaking, shaky, sick, spastic, trembling, tremorous, weak; concepts 314,485 Ant. healthy, steady, walking …   New thesaurus

  • Palsied — Palsy Pal sy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Palsied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Palsying}.] To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • palsied — adjective affected with palsy or uncontrollable tremor palsied hands • Similar to: ↑ill, ↑sick …   Useful english dictionary

  • palsied — adjective Date: 1550 affected with or as if with palsy …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • palsied — /pawl zeed/, adj. paralyzed; unable to move or control certain muscles. [1960 65; PALSY1 + ED3] * * * …   Universalium

  • palsied — pal·sied pȯl zēd adj affected with palsy …   Medical dictionary

  • palsied — Synonyms and related words: allergic, anemic, anile, apoplectic, arthritic, aspen, bilious, cancerous, chattering, chlorotic, colicky, consumptive, crabbed, debilitated, decrepit, doddered, doddering, doddery, dropsical, dyspeptic, edematous,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • palsied — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. disabled, paralyzed, paralytic, neurasthenic, weak, debilitated, atonic, helpless, tremorous, trembling, tremulous, shaking, diseased; see also sick …   English dictionary for students

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