anile

adjective

Definition of anilenext
as in senile

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  1. senile
  2. spavined
  3. geriatric
  4. doddering
  5. elderly
  6. decrepit
  7. senior
  8. over-the-hill
Adjective
  • Back on the domestic front, Jeanine has reason to believe that her husband, Paul (Mark O’Brien), is having an affair with her senile mother’s caregiver.
    Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2023
  • In one story, Earn’s seemingly routine trip to church with Gloria, Jeanie, and his senile grandfather (Bob Banks) goes pear-shaped when Gloria abruptly drives off with her dad, leaving behind Earn and a bewildered Jeanie, who has recently been their father’s caretaker.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2022
Definition of senile
Adjective
  • Theresa May and her spavined colleagues would be responsible for that distrust, but life is unfair and Boris would carry the can.
    John O'Sullivan, National Review, 9 July 2019
  • The series took a chunk out of both the recklessness of the Texas state government and out of the spavined state of the EPA and OSHA even under President Obama, the latter problems having gotten worse under the current administration.
    Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 31 Aug. 2017
Definition of spavined
Adjective
  • Circumstances go awry, disappearance and murder are introduced, and Jérémie attaches himself to a geriatric bishop (Jacques Develay), and an unlikely bond, or at least a confidence between them, blooms.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Salamon and her sister Suzanne, a geriatric doctor, decided to move their mother up to Boston, where her sister who is head of geriatrics at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, lives.
    Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of geriatric
Adjective
  • Their journey of friendship and rivalry is the emotional core of a story that is startlingly political, a leap made effectively by Jeff Goldblum’s dodgy, smarmy and doddering Wizard, who’s ably assisted by the darkly dangerous aide de camp Michelle Yeoh.
    Steven Gaydos, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Once upon a time, a doddering old man spoke of a dream about a united city in this empire’s capital, where every man, woman, and child could walk its streets and live a good life regardless of their patrician or plebeian birthright.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of doddering
Adjective
  • The crowd applauds uproariously when Kevin’s elderly neighbor shows up at the end to hit them in the head with a shovel.
    Erin Somers, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Three low-flyers wing an elderly man in the face and don’t miss a flap, his Ray Bans go flying.
    Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of elderly
Adjective
  • The tank base, which fell on the second day of the operation, was decrepit, its windowless buildings barricaded with a makeshift protection of tractor tires and metal drums filled with earth.
    Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The Gray Panthers ran a Media Watch that scolded television shows for portraying the elderly as helpless, confused, or decrepit.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of decrepit
Adjective
  • The senior and former walk-on now has the chance to alter history against a team that Oregon has never defeated in the Rose Bowl, with the opportunity to influence the outcome.
    Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Eric Berger is the senior space editor at Ars Technica, covering everything from astronomy to private space to NASA policy, and author of two books: Liftoff, about the rise of SpaceX; and Reentry, on the development of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of senior
Adjective
  • Most recently, he executive produced and stars in an untitled series for Apple that centers on his Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill ex-pro golfer who hedges his bets on a troubled 17-year-old golf phenom played by Peter Dager.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Greer will play Amber-Linn, the ex-wife of Wilson’s over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer, Pryce Cahill.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2024
Definition of over-the-hill
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