PARALYTIC


Meaning of PARALYTIC in English

I. par ‧ a ‧ lyt ‧ ic 1 /ˌpærəˈlɪtɪk◂/ BrE AmE adjective

1 . [not before noun] British English informal very drunk

2 . [only before noun] suffering from paralysis

—paralytically /-kli/ adverb

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THESAURUS

▪ drunk [not usually before noun] having drunk too much alcohol so that your behaviour and mental processes are affected:

Gary was too drunk to remember what had happened that night.

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I just hope they don’t get drunk and start fighting.

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drunk driving

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The police are going to crack down on drunk drivers.

▪ tipsy/merry [not before noun] slightly drunk:

After the second glass of wine I was feeling a little tipsy.

▪ pissed [not usually before noun] British English informal drunk – this word is very common in spoken British English, but it is not polite:

Don’t listen to him – he’s pissed.

▪ intoxicated [not before noun] formal drunk:

He was arrested for driving while intoxicated.

▪ paralytic/legless [not before noun] British English informal extremely drunk:

Don’t give Dave any more to drink -- he’s already legless.

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They became totally paralytic and abusive.

▪ drunken [only before noun] especially written used to describe someone who is drunk or their behaviour. Drunken is mainly used in written English and is always used before a noun. Don’t say ‘he is drunken’. Say he is drunk :

A drunken man was found lying outside a shop door.

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We found him lying by the roadside in a drunken stupor (=almost unconscious as a result of being drunk) .

II. paralytic 2 BrE AmE noun [countable] old-fashioned

someone who is ↑ paralysed

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.