catatonic

[ kat-uh-ton-ik ]

/ ˌkæt əˈtɒn ɪk /

having catatonia, a syndrome characterized by muscular rigidity and mental stupor: The schizophrenic remained in a catatonic state.

appearing to be in a daze or stupor; unresponsive: She had the catatonic expression of an avant-garde model.

a person who suffers from catatonia.

OTHER WORDS FROM catatonic

cat·a·ton·i·cal·ly, adverb

I thought about my younger siblings, and how I might have been catatonic if I lost them in the same manner.

A Personal Plea for Gun Control |Joshua DuBois |April 10, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
During the 10-minute court proceeding, Holmes looked at times like he was in a catatonic state.

Colorado Shooter: Insane or Just Plain Evil? |Eliza Shapiro, Christine Pelisek |July 25, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Please, God, let him not say that in yet another address to a catatonic nation.

Can You Hear Goldman Laughing? |Tunku Varadarajan |July 16, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
An important "catatonic" symptom is a tendency to sudden, impulsive, unexplainable acts.

Benign Stupors |August Hoch

The stupor merged into a catatonic state merely by the development of the inconsistency in her affective reactions.

Benign Stupors |August Hoch
June 28, 1911:—He remains in same apparent stuporous and catatonic attitude.

Studies in Forensic Psychiatry |Bernard Glueck
But I think he is catatonic now; he has lost all touch with the outside.

The Penal Cluster |Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)
The author comments on the absence of senseless motor phenomena, such as would be expected in a "catatonic."

Benign Stupors |August Hoch