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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

Koufax pitched with an arthritic arm that he soaked in ice for hours after every game.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2025

Kassam points to plenty of other examples, including reduced arthritic pain and a lower risk of urinary tract infections.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2024

This suggests that the new platform has immense potential to help researchers understand disease mechanisms and identify and test new therapies for arthritic diseases.

From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2023

Seeing him lost in the labyrinths of kinship, trembling with uncertainty, the arthritic priest, who was watching him from his hammock, asked him compassionately what his name was.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez