catatonicadjective
uk/ˌkæt.əˈtɒn.ɪk/us/ˌkæt̬.əˈtɑː.nɪk/If someone is catatonic, they are stiff and not moving or reacting, as if dead.
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Immobility
- be locked in sth
- boxed in
- budge
- firm
- glue
- grind to a halt/standstill idiom
- hold
- immovable
- jam
- jammed
- motionless
- move
- not move a muscle idiom
- rest
- rock-solid
- stagnant
- static
- time stands still idiom
- transfix
- unwavering
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Losing consciousness
Examples from literature
- Elizabeth was a catatonic schizophrenic who did not speak or move, except for some waxy posturing.
- Like Shakespeare's King Lear he courts death and madness in a great storm, then commits mass murder, collapses in catatonic paralysis, and suicidally runs his ship into the ocean's most dangerous whirlpool.