A muscular rigidity and mental stupor, sometimes alternating with great excitement and confusion.
The shock of seeing the daughter she had long considered dead left her in a catatonic state.
Alternate usage:
“Dang! Cat threw up on the floor again.”
“Guess we better get him a catatonic.”
How will you use catatonic in a sentence today?
Lost in reveries of memory and philosophical contemplation that rivaled those of Socrates, she could not speak to them, and so they concluded that she was catatonic.
Maybe: “Guess we better ‘get the cat a tonic’. grin grin.
I’ve had houseguests from the UK for almost 5 weeks now, during the FIFA Soccer World Cup. Constant entertaining and catering has left me catatonic.