senile

Speech parts

1. senile - Noun

2. senile - Adjective

3. senile - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of or pertaining to old age; proceeding from, or characteristic of, old age; affected with the infirmities of old age; as, senile weakness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gaga doddery doddering old-fashioned gray old former hoary ancient weak senior aged confused mature sick
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Antonyms

juvenile callow little young growing green
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Phrases with the word

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Anagrams

silene enisle ensile Inslee

Examples

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile. Henry Adams

When I was young I was called a rugged individualist. When I was in my fifties I was considered eccentric. Here I am doing and saying the same things I did then and I'm labeled senile. George Burns

There is not a man who does not get senile by the time he reaches sixty. And when one thinks that he will not be senile, he is already so. Yamamoto Tsunetomo

If there is a misuse of power, it is on her part. My crime is that I have never labored to make myself popular - I admit that much - and I have paid too little attention to fools who are old enough to be senile but young enough to have power. Isaac Asimov

Vasopressin makes you remember, I mean really remember. Clinically they use the stuff to counter senile amnesia, but the street finds its own uses for things. William Gibson

Anyone who claimed that old age had brought them patience was either lying or senile. Robert Jordan

Close letter words and terms

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