apoplectic

adj.

1. Of, resembling, or produced by apoplexy: an apoplectic fit.
2. 1. Having or inclined to have apoplexy.
   2. Exhibiting symptoms associated with apoplexy.
3. Extremely angry; furious: "members of Congress who otherwise become apoplectic about wasteful government spending" (Dan Morgan).

apoplectically ap'o·plec'ti·cal·ly adv.

Furious to the point of having a stroke — that's how columnist Bob Herbert of The New York Times described the Bush administration:

"...the big problem for Bush & Co. — the thing that makes the president and his apologists apoplectic — is the mere fact that this domestic spying program has come to light."

Link: Do You Know What They Know?

Posted February 7, 2006.

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IN BRIEF: Suffering from a sudden loss of movement and consciousness.

The doctors were confused about the patient's apoplectic condition.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - apoplektisk, rasende

Nederlands (Dutch)
beroerte betreffende/ veroorzakende, vatbaar voor beroerte, woedend

Français (French)
adj. - apoplectique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - (med.) apoplektisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (παθολ.) αποπληκτικός

Italiano (Italian)
apoplettico, (fam.) furioso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - apoplético

Русский (Russian)
апоплексический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - apoplético

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kolerisk, hetlevrad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
易患中风的, 中风的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 易患中風的, 中風的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 졸중의, 매우 흥분하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 卒中の, 怒って

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سكيتي : ذو علاقه بمرض السكته, مسكوت : مصار أو معرض لدا السكته‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של שבץ, סמוק-פנים, מתלקח‬

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