apoplectic
/ˌæp.əˈplɛk.tɪk/
apoplectic adjective: of or relating to apoplexy.
Adjective
apoplectic (comparative more apoplectic, superlative most apoplectic)
- Of or relating to apoplexy.
- Marked by extreme anger or fury.
- Once she heard Jem refer to our father as 'Atticus' and her reaction was apoplectic.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 11, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
- Speak of the devil—he marches through the door, and becomes apoplectic when he learns of the upheaval.2005 December 12, The New Yorker
- Effused with blood.
Noun
apoplectic (plural apoplectics)
- A person suffering from apoplexy.
apoplectic meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
apoplectic in Hindi
- an apoplectic or fainting fit, swooning
- सकता saktā
apoplectic in Urdu
- مرگی کا مریض
apoplectic in Bengali
- অত্যন্ত রাগান্বিত
apoplectic in Malayalam
- സന്നിയുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന, അത്യധികം കോപമുളള
Examples of apoplectic in a sentence
- The decision left Potters boss Tony Pulis apoplectic on the touchline, a feeling his West Ham counterpart Avram Grant was to share immediately after the break.2011 March 13, Chris Bevan, “Stoke 2 - 1 West Ham”, in BBC:
- If older man/younger women matchups make many people uncomfortable, the older man/much younger women combo tends to make them apoplectic.2014 August 27, Stephanie Zacharek, “The Last of Robin Hood Wrestles with a Star's Underage Love”, in The Village Voice, archived from the...
- It’s the apoplectic phone calls from random WFMU listeners.2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN:
Forms of apoplectic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more apoplectic |
| superlative | most apoplectic |
| Noun | |
| plural | apoplectics |
Origin of apoplectic
From French apoplectique, from Late Latin apoplēcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀποπληκτικός (apoplēktikós), from ἀπόπληκτος (apóplēktos), from ἀποπλήσσω (apoplḗssō), from ἀπό (apó, “of, from”) + πλήσσω (plḗssō, “I strike”).
Words formed from apoplectic
Words that rhyme with apoplectic
- symplectic
- dialectic
- hectic
- smectic
- analectic
- anorectic
- catalectic
- eclectic
- eutectic
- monolectic
- pectic
- plectic
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- polylectic
- syntectic
- acatalectic
- acathectic
- anatectic
- antiapoplectic
- anticachectic
- anticataplectic
- anticathectic
- antiplectic
- brachycatalectic
- cachectic
- cataplectic
- catatectic
- cathectic
- cosymplectic
- cotectic
- countercathectic
- demodectic
- diaplectic
- dicatalectic
- dyslectic
- dystectic
- ecolectic
- ephectic
- hyosymplectic
- hypercatalectic
- hypereutectic
- hypoeutectic
- ideolectic
- idiolectic
- karyorrhectic
- lectic
- metaplectic
- metatectic
- methectic
- metriplectic
- monotectic
- multisymplectic
- nektic
- nondialectic
- noneclectic
- nonsymplectic
- oligolectic
- orectic
- orthosymplectic
- paraplectic
- periplectic
Questions about apoplectic
- What does apoplectic mean?
- Apoplectic means of or relating to apoplexy.
- What is apoplectic in Hindi?
- Apoplectic in Hindi is सकता (saktā). See Apoplectic meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use apoplectic in a sentence?
- The decision left Potters boss Tony Pulis apoplectic on the touchline, a feeling his West Ham counterpart Avram Grant was to share immediately after the break.
- What part of speech is apoplectic?
- Apoplectic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce apoplectic?
- Apoplectic is pronounced /ˌæp.əˈplɛk.tɪk/.
Words near apoplectic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: apoplectic (page history and authors); सकता (Hindi) (page history and authors); apoplectic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apoplectic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); apoplectic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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