Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See katatonic.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective of or pertaining to catatonia; suffering from catatonia.
  • adjective colloq. appearing mentally stupefied, unresponsive, and motionless, or almost so; seemingly unaware of one's environment.
  • noun a person suffering from catatonia.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective medicine of, relating to, or suffering from catatonia
  • noun medicine A patient in a state of catatonia.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective characterized by catatonia especially either rigidity or extreme laxness of limbs

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Examples

  • Tea has 4000 years of History and very few associated Deaths or maimings whilst H&S has knocked countless souls in catatonic stupification with its idiocy.

    Nanny Knows Best « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007

  • For example, in psychiatric terms, a zombi might be called a catatonic schizophrenic; both conditions are characterized by incoherence and catalepsy with alternate moments of stupor and activity.

    The Serpent and the Rainbow Wade Davis 1985

  • Grace Reid stared back at him, her face white as a corpse, her expression almost catatonic with terror.

    Bloodstream Tess Gerritsen 1998

  • Grace Reid stared back at him, her face white as a corpse, her expression almost catatonic with terror.

    Bloodstream Tess Gerritsen 1998

  • Grace Reid stared back at him, her face white as a corpse, her expression almost catatonic with terror.

    Bloodstream Tess Gerritsen 1998

  • Peculiar so-called catatonic states of muscular tension develop, in which the patients remain expressionless and motionless in all sorts of positions.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

  • We almost didn't notice the accessory the first time we watched the video -- after someone mentioned Major Nelson in a Speedo, our brains went briefly catatonic, which is our reflexive defense mechanism when faced with unsettling mental images.

    Joystiq [Xbox] 2010

  • They know for sure that they prefer his brand of leadership, warts and all, to the kind of catatonic gerontokleptocracy that preceded it.

    Francisco Toro: Why Chavez Wants To Be President for Life 2009

  • But it didn't stop me from dropping the word "catatonic" into the conversation at least once a day.

    Doggie Downers 2007

  • When I was finally out of the office, I went home and entered some kind of catatonic state.

    She's clinical, Martha barbylon 2002

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