spastic

¹spas·tic

adj \ˈspas-tik\

Definition of SPASTIC

1

a : of, relating to, characterized by, or affected with or as if with spasm <a spastic patient> b : characterized by hypertonic muscles <spastic cerebral palsy>

2

: spasmodic 2 <a spastic influx of data>

— spas·ti·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Examples of SPASTIC

1. <even after the formal surrender, spastic violence erupted in scattered quarters of the city>

Origin of SPASTIC

Latin spasticus, from Greek spastikos drawing in, from span

First Known Use: 1753

Related to SPASTIC

Synonyms: aperiodic, casual, catchy, choppy, discontinuous, episodic (also episodical), erratic, intermittent, irregular, occasional, spasmodic, fitful, sporadic, spotty, unsteady

Antonyms: constant, continuous, habitual, periodic, regular, repeated, steady

Related Words: convulsive, sudden, violent; broken, disconnected, fragmentary, interrupted; aimless, arbitrary, desultory, haphazard, hit-and-miss, hit-or-miss, odd, random, scattered, slapdash, stray; capricious, changeful, changing, flickery, fluctuating, fluid, inconstant, mercurial, mutable, temperamental, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unstable, varying, wavering; changeable, fickle, variable, volatile

Near Antonyms: changeless, equable, even, stable, stationary, uniform; unchanging, unvarying, unwavering; methodical (also methodic), orderly, systematic; unrelenting, unremitting

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Rhymes with SPASTIC

drastic, mastic, nastic, plastic