palsied
/ˈpɔlzid/
adjective
- Affected by paralysis, especially with involuntary trembling or shaking.
- The doctor explained that the palsied muscles might improve with physical therapy.
- The old man's palsied hands could barely hold a cup of tea.
- She gently massaged her grandmother's palsied arm to help ease the stiffness.
- Weak, trembling, or unsteady, as if from paralysis or old age.
- With a palsied voice, the survivor recounted the disaster.
- The wind blew through the palsied branches of the dying tree.
- His palsied signature on the document was barely legible.
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