spastic

About 0.90 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of, relating to, or affected by spasm. Of or relating to spastic paralysis.
2. adjective Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.
3. adjective Of or relating to spastic paralysis.
4. adjective Incompetent or physically uncoordinated. Hyperactive or behaving erratically.
5. adjective Incompetent or physically uncoordinated.
6. adjective Hyperactive or behaving erratically.
7. noun A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.
8. noun A stupid, clumsy person.

Similar words

spasmodic convulsive sick unsteady ill quadriplegia quadriparesis diplegia tetraparesis paraparesis

Often followed by

paralysis paraplegia paraparesis diplegia colon and cerebral hemiplegia dysphonia

Word family

spastically spastics