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- (figuratively) Motionless and unresponsive, as from shock; withdrawn.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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