palsy

Speech parts

1. palsy - Noun

2. palsy - Adjective

3. palsy - Verb

Meaning

Paralysis, complete or partial. See Paralysis.

To affect with palsy, or as with palsy; to deprive of action or energy; to paralyze.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

paralysis hemiplegia paresis paraplegia diplegia spastic paralysis stroke cripple brain decline consumption coma blunt disable crippled
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Antonyms

DRY cold distant detached forbidding austere
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Hypernyms

paralyze paralyse symptom dysfunction disfunction

Hyponyms

hemiplegia paresis monoplegia akinesia paraplegia quadriplegia

Phrases with the word

Bell's palsy scriveners palsy clerical palsy central facial nerve palsy bulbar palsy hereditary neuropaty with liability to pressure palsy

Derivatives

palsies palsied palsying

Anagrams

pylas splay spyal plays

Examples

I am your dwarf. I am the enemy within. I am the boss of your dreams. See. Your hand shakes. It is not palsy or booze. It is your Doppelganger trying to get out. Beware... Beware... Anne Sexton

I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old. Laura San Giacomo

I was madder than a pervert with palsy trying to open up a condom wrapper, I'll tell you what. Larry the Cable Guy

I have my father's lopsided mouth. When I smile, my lips slope to one side. My doctor sister calls it my cerebral palsy mouth. I am very much a daddy's girl, and even though I would rather my smile wasn't crooked, there is something moving for me about having a mouth exactly like my father's. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I like to try to give something back to the community because I feel fortunate for how I was raised and how my life turned out. Each year, with the help of my brother, Grant, we run a charity golf tournament to raise money for the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy. Curtis Joseph

I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can't possibly speak for a diverse group of people. I don't know what it's like to be an arm amputee, or have even one flesh-and-bone leg, or to have cerebral palsy. Aimee Mullins

Close letter words and terms

palstaff palstave palster palsy-walsy palsylike palsywort