Palsied
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Palsied is an adjective meaning Afflicted with palsy.
Meaning
Afflicted with palsy.
More Meanings
- Trembling as if afflicted with palsy.
- simple past and past participle of palsy
Example Sentences
Then came some palsied oak, a cleft in him / Like a distorted mouth that splits its rim / Gaping at death, and dies while it recoils.
[“]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.”
Synonyms for palsied
Depending on context, synonyms include unsteady.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unsteady, palsical, paralytic, pally-wally, paretic, paralytick.
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