catatonic

IPA: kætʌtˈɑnɪk

noun

  • (medicine) A patient in a state of catatonia.

adjective

  • (medicine) Of, relating to, or suffering from catatonia; having a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.
  • (figuratively) Motionless and unresponsive, as from shock; withdrawn.
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Examples of "catatonic" in Sentences

  • Marlo is left in a catatonic state.
  • It may progress to catatonic rigidity.
  • Most of them are also quite catatonic.
  • Benny then fell into a catatonic state.
  • These friends lapse into catatonic states.
  • Then there's the often catatonic PR system.
  • Lindsay then collapsed into a catatonic state.
  • The name is a reference to the catatonic state.
  • This left him nearly catatonic again, muttering in binary code.
  • The character was in a catatonic state at the end of the season.

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