Spastic

Quick meaning: Spastic is an adjective meaning Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.

Meaning

Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.

More Meanings

1. Of or relating to spastic paralysis.
2. Incompetent or physically uncoordinated.
3. Hyperactive or behaving erratically.
4. (now offensive, especially in the UK and Ireland) A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.
5. (colloquial; derogatory or offensive, especially in the UK and Ireland) A stupid, clumsy person.

Example Sentences

‘Oi, Fleming, you spastic. Guess who I knobbed last night?’

Jed Maxwell: See you next week then. We'll have that pint. Alan Partridge: Yep. Jed Maxwell: ...go and see my brother. Alan Partridge: No way, you big spastic! You're a mentalist!

Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky): Show Link! This is nuts—she can't even dance. Penny Pingleton (Amanda Bynes): Plastic little spastic. Tracy Turnblad: Oh, Link, I can dance so much better than her. Penny Pingleton: Mhm! Tracy Turnblad: Why don't you notice me at school?

Word Forms

• spastics

Synonyms for spastic

Depending on context, synonyms include unsteady, sick, ill, convulsive, spasmodic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include spasmodic, convulsive, sick, unsteady, ill, quadriplegia.

Related Dictionary Tools