paralysing
Rendering completely motionless
Paralysing is the British spelling of paralyzing—causing paralysis or the inability to move.
The word extends readily to figurative uses: paralysing fear, paralysing indecision, a paralysing blow to the economy.
Something paralysing renders you unable to act or function normally.
Persistent apprehensive distress
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- despairTotal absence of hope
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- hopelessnessState without hope
anguish · distress · pressure · overload · indecision · doubt · uncertainty · grief
Become solid from cold
- immobilizeStop all motion
- disableRemove functional capacity
- incapacitateDeprive of strength or ability
- haltComplete sudden stop
restrain · trap · confine · bind · anchor · shackle · fetter · hamper
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- frightSudden intense fear
trepidation · alarm · apprehension · phobia · petrification · intimidation · menace · threat
Sudden brain blood blockage
- spinalOf the backbone
- nerveSignal-carrying body fiber
- neuropathyDamage to peripheral nerves
- numbnessLoss of sensation
paresis · quadriplegia · hemiplegia · atrophy · palsy · neurotoxin · venom · curare
Lasting psychological wound
stupor · shellshock · disbelief · bewilderment · astonishment · consternation · dismay · devastation
anxiety
Persistent apprehensive distress
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- despairTotal absence of hope
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
hopelessness · anguish · distress · pressure · overload · indecision · doubt · uncertainty · grief · depression
freeze
Become solid from cold
- immobilizeStop all motion
- disableRemove functional capacity
- incapacitateDeprive of strength or ability
halt · restrain · trap · confine · bind · anchor · shackle · fetter · hamper · cripple
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
fright · trepidation · alarm · apprehension · phobia · petrification · intimidation · menace · threat · foreboding
stroke
Sudden brain blood blockage
- spinalOf the backbone
- nerveSignal-carrying body fiber
- neuropathyDamage to peripheral nerves
numbness · paresis · quadriplegia · hemiplegia · atrophy · palsy · neurotoxin · venom · curare · botulinum
trauma
Lasting psychological wound
numb · stupor · shellshock · disbelief · bewilderment · astonishment · consternation · dismay · devastation · reeling
paralysingmobilising
Organizing for action
activating · mobilizing · enabling · galvanising · propelling
paralysingenergising
Imparting vigor or liveliness
invigorating · energizing · vitalising · revitalising · stimulating
paralysingempowering
Giving authority or confidence
emboldening · encouraging · reassuring · heartening · inspiring
- analysis paralysisInaction from excessive deliberation
- sleep paralysisTemporary waking immobility
- paralysis by analysisInaction from excessive deliberation
- partial paralysisImpaired but present movement
- facial paralysisLoss of face movement
- total paralysis