paralyzed

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paralyzed

  • /ˈpæɹəlaɪzd/

adjective more paralyzed · most paralyzed · paralysed

  1. Partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled.
  2. Rendered incapable of action. We were paralyzed with fear.

verb paralysed

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of paralyze

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Closest in meaning: unfit, paralytic, crippled, crippling, immobilized, stagnant, hamstrung, stunned, numb, hampered, stifled, blocked, mired, frozen, parked, brought

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adj (of a person or part of the body) partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled

Españolparalizado
Portuguêsparalizado
Françaisparalysé
Deutschgelähmt
Italianoparalizzato
العربيةمَشْلُول mašlūl
עבריתמשותק meshuták

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@misc{paralyzed_2026,
  title = {paralyzed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paralyzed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}