apoplectic

[ ap-uh-plek-tik ]

adjective

1. of or relating to apoplexy or stroke.
2. having or inclined to apoplexy.
3. intense enough to threaten or cause apoplexy:

   an apoplectic rage.

4. extremely angry; furious:

   He became apoplectic at the mere mention of the subject.

noun

1. a person having or predisposed to apoplexy. apoplexy.

apoplectic

/ ˌæpəˈplɛktɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to apoplexy
2. informal.
   furious

noun

1. a person having apoplexy

Derived Forms

• ˌapoˈplectically, adverb

Other Words From

• apo·plecti·cal·ly adverb
• postap·o·plectic adjective
• pseudo·apo·plectic adjective
• pseudo·apo·plecti·cal adjective
• pseudo·apo·plecti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of apoplectic¹

First recorded in 1605–15; from Late Latin apoplēcticus, from Greek apoplēktikós “pertaining to a (paralytic) stroke,” equivalent to apóplēkt(os) “struck down” (derivative of apoplḗssein ) + -ikos -ic

Example Sentences

In the immediate aftermath of the oil spill, apoplectic Southerners cast their disdain towards the North.

From The Daily Beast

Editors were apoplectic, and they showed it by quitting en masse, leaving Mays to pick up the pieces.

From The Daily Beast

It is a seething, boiling, roiling, apoplectic revulsion at the very idea of unions.

From The Daily Beast

Hits several key buttons, not the least of which is that it sends the media into apoplectic shock, which the right wing loves.

From The Daily Beast

Studios such as Disney and Paramount are apoplectic about the billions of dollars in revenue being lost to rampant online piracy.

From The Daily Beast

"You have told me that before," roared the portly gentleman, waxing almost apoplectic.

From Project Gutenberg

Ferocity nearly inarticulate, fury almost apoplectic, were expressed by the face above the weather-worn rail.

From Project Gutenberg

But I am afraid that cook will have an apoplectic fit if he isn't careful, the way he was waving his arms and carrying on.

From Project Gutenberg

About noon, leaving the parlour, he was found a few minutes after in an apoplectic fit, or a seizure resembling apoplexy.

From Project Gutenberg

It was an apoplectic seizure, the doctors told us later, brought on by excessive nervous irritation of the brain.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• frozen
• immobile
• inert
• lifeless
• paralyzed
• stagnant
• stationary
• steadfast