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What is another word for paralysed?

Pronunciation: [pˈaɹəlˌa͡ɪzd] (IPA)

The term "paralysed" refers to the inability to move certain parts of the body due to injury or disease. Common synonyms for "paralysed" include immobilized, incapacitated, disabled, and paralyzed. These words highlight the physical limitations and loss of function experienced by those affected by paralysis. Other synonyms for "paralysed" include halted, stuck, frozen, and numb, which emphasize the sense of being unable to move or act. Despite the different nuances and connotations of these synonyms, they all refer to a serious condition that can have a significant impact on an individual's quality of life.
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Usage examples for Paralysed

He had gazed upon his victims, and he felt that his limbs were paralysed; but his brain was intensely, unnaturally active.
"A Desperate Voyage"
Edward Frederick Knight
London is paralysed with fear, Ernshaw asserted, perhaps with reason.
"A People's Man"
E. Phillips Oppenheim
His hands were cold and almost lifeless; his body seemed paralysed, but he heard, so acutely that it was agony.
"A Spinner in the Sun"
Myrtle Reed

Famous quotes with Paralysed

  • What about the hero of The House on the Strand? What did it mean when he dropped the telephone at the end of the book? I don't really know, but I rather think he was going to be paralysed for life. Don't you?
    Daphne du Maurier
  • To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can do for those who study it.
    Bertrand Russell
  • There is a dark side to all in this universe. Even this earth is dark for twelve hours in cycles. Darkness is simply absence of light, learn to be comfortable in it too. Life's wisdom grows when you experience to live in contrast and grow amidst contradictions. Let not any darkness leave you paralysed, expand your awareness switch on your inner light and be illuminised, get MickeyMized.
    Mickey Mehta
  • It is confidently expected that the period is at hand, when man, through ignorance, shall not much longer inflict unnecessary misery on man; because the mass of mankind will become enlightened, and will clearly discern that by so acting they will inevitably create misery to themselves.the extensive knowledge of the facts which present themselves on the globe, makes it evident to those whose reasoning faculties have not been entirely paralysed, that all mankind firmly believe, that everybody except themselves has been grievously deceived in his fundamental principles; and feel the utmost astonishment that the nations of the world could embrace such gross inconsistencies for divine or political truths.
    Robert Owen
  • Without some element of governance from the top, bottom-up control will freeze when options are many. Without some element of leadership, the many at the bottom will be paralysed with choices.
    Kevin Kelly (editor)

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