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arthritic

[ahr-thrit-ik] / ɑrˈθrɪt ɪk /
ADJECTIVE
palsied
Synonyms
STRONG
debilitated disabled paralyzed shaking trembling
WEAK
atonic diseased paralytic rheumatic sclerotic shaky spastic tremorous weak
Antonyms
WEAK
steady walking
ADJECTIVE
stiff
Synonyms
STRONGEST
creaky rigid solid stark tense thick tight wooden
STRONG
brittle buckram firm refractory rheumatic set
WEAK
annealed benumbed cemented chilled congealed contracted fixed frozen graceless hardened immalleable impliable incompliant indurate inelastic jelled mechanical numbed ossified petrified resistant solidified starched starchy steely stiff as a board stony taut thickened unbending unflexible ungraceful unsupple unyielding
Antonyms
STRONGEST
bending flexible loose pliable slack soft
STRONG
indefinite supple
WEAK
pliant

Example Sentences

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But in 2024, she underwent surgery to rebuild her arthritic right knee, if only to improve her day-to-day life in retirement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

“This is like a big bon voyage to my old arthritic hip,” he told O’Brien.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2025

He retired afterward because of an arthritic left elbow.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024

Q: Recently a reader extolled the virtues of fish oil for his arthritic knees.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023

I’d tripped over an aboveground root bent like an arthritic finger and picked up a limp.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline