Definition for Apoplectic:

• This word has various significations. It is applied, 1. To individuals laboring under apoplexy. 2. To remedies proper for combating apoplexy. 3. To the constitution, temperament, or make, Architectura apoplectica, Habitus apoplecticus seu quadra tus seu torosus, which predisposes to it, and, 4. To the symptoms which characterize apoplexy; as Apoplectic sleep. A. stroke, A. stertor, &c.

Synonyms for Apoplectic:

• adj.

  •motionless (adjective)
  • halted,
  • standing,
  • steadfast,
  • at rest,
  • fixed,
  • dead,
  • inanimate,
  • deadlocked,
  • static,
  • transfixed,
  • stationary,
  • numb,
  • stagnant,
  • spellbound,
  • frozen,
  • still,
  • quiescent,
  • unmovable,
  • paralyzed,
  • torpid,
  • petrified,
  • immotile,
  • quiet,
  • unmoved,
  • deathly,
  • stock-still,
  • unmoving,
  • firm,
  • becalmed,
  • inert,
  • at a standstill,
  • immobile,
  • Stalled,
  • palsied,
  • stable,
  • lifeless.
  •pert (adjective)
  • apoplectic.
  •stock-still (adjective)
  • stockstill,
  • stock still.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • splenetic,
  • steamed.
  •
  • seething,
  • fierce,
  • murderous.
  •Other relevant words:
  • ablaze,
  • sufferer,
  • epileptic,
  • scrofulous,
  • angered,
  • incurable,
  • ballistic,
  • Hopping,
  • wild,
  • wrathful,
  • indignant,
  • valetudinarian,
  • nephritic,
  • consumptive,
  • angry,
  • Fuming,
  • enraged,
  • infuriated,
  • wroth,
  • edematous,
  • patient,
  • barbarous,
  • sore,
  • livid,
  • hot,
  • infuriate,
  • rude,
  • foaming,
  • steaming,
  • tubercular,
  • dyspeptic,
  • allergic,
  • riley,
  • attack,
  • rickety,
  • arthritic,
  • outraged,
  • hypertensive,
  • rheumatic,
  • fervent,
  • Tumorous,
  • carcinogenic,
  • Variolar,
  • scorbutic,
  • rough,
  • Rankled,
  • bilious,
  • untamed,
  • stormy,
  • fiery,
  • anemic,
  • mad,
  • riled,
  • spastic,
  • ferocious,
  • encephalitic,
  • shut in,
  • wanton,
  • Pleuritic,
  • Ticked,
  • colicky,
  • diabetic,
  • inactive,
  • anaemic,
  • traumatic,
  • Apoplectical,
  • ireful,
  • sick person,
  • Horn-mad,
  • Syntectic,
  • inflamed,
  • invalid,
  • outpatient,
  • irate,
  • inpatient,
  • syphilitic,
  • incensed,
  • roiled,
  • calm,
  • paralytic,
  • raging,
  • rabid,
  • frantic,
  • case,
  • malignant,
  • boisterous,
  • furious.

Antonyms for Apoplectic:

• adj.

  • motionless
    active, lively, mobile, moving, busy, alive, unfixed.
  • Other antonyms:
    calm, sympathetic, complaisant, empathetic, friendly, good-natured, accepting, agreeable, easygoing, kind, sweet, content, affable, good-tempered, tolerant, accommodating, understanding, pleased, serene, peaceable, tranquil, satisfied, delighted, pleasant, placid, pacific, genial, happy, obliging, amenable, amiable, amicable, cordial.

Apoplectic Sentence Examples:

• Fierce old ladies dared the militiamen to lay a finger on them or their possessions and apoplectic gentlemen, eyes as glazed as those of the huntingtrophies on their walls, sputtered refusals to stir, no, not for all the brutal force in the world.

• Will that heart of yours be always so susceptible, you romantic, apoplectic, immoral man?

Homophones for Apoplectic:

• apologetic, apologetics.