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spastic |
Grep of noun spastic spastic spastic abasia spastic bladder spastic colon spastic paralysis spasticity Overview of noun spastic The noun spastic has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. spastic -- (a person suffering from spastic paralysis) Overview of adj spastic The adj spastic has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. spastic -- (relating to or characterized by spasm; "a spastic colon"; "spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy") 2. spastic -- (suffering from spastic paralysis; "a spastic child") 3. convulsive, spasmodic, spastic -- (affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; "convulsive motions"; "his body made a spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements") Antonyms of adj spastic 2 of 3 senses of spastic Sense 2 spastic INDIRECT (VIA ill) -> well Sense 3 convulsive, spasmodic, spastic INDIRECT (VIA unsteady) -> steady Similarity of adj spastic 3 senses of spastic Sense 1 spastic Pertains to noun spasm (Sense 1) =>spasm, cramp, muscle spasm => symptom Sense 2 spastic => ill (vs. well), sick Sense 3 convulsive, spasmodic, spastic => unsteady (vs. steady) Attributes of adj spastic Familiarity of adj spastic spastic used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj spastic spastic Overview of noun spastic The noun spastic has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. spastic -- (a person suffering from spastic paralysis) Overview of adj spastic The adj spastic has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. spastic -- (relating to or characterized by spasm; "a spastic colon"; "spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy") 2. spastic -- (suffering from spastic paralysis; "a spastic child") 3. convulsive, spasmodic, spastic -- (affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; "convulsive motions"; "his body made a spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements")
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