'Paralyzed' definitions:
Definition of 'paralyzed'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Affected with paralysis [syn: paralytic, paralyzed]
Definition of 'Paralyzed'
From: GCIDE
- Paralyze \Par"a*lyze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paralyzed; p. pr. & vb. n. Paralyzing.] [F. paralyser. See Paralysis.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: To unnerve; to destroy or impair the energy of; to render ineffective; as, the occurrence paralyzed the community; despondency paralyzed his efforts. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'paralyzed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aghast,
- appalled,
- ashen,
- astounded,
- awed,
- awestricken,
- awestruck,
- blanched,
- blind,
- blind drunk,
- blotto,
- contemplative,
- cowed,
- crippled,
- deadly pale,
- disabled,
- disarmed,
- disqualified,
- do-nothing,
- dormant,
- frozen,
- gray with fear,
- hamstrung,
- helpless,
- hog-tied,
- horrified,
- horror-struck,
- idle,
- immobile,
- inactive,
- incapacitated,
- inert,
- intimidated,
- invalidated,
- laissez-aller,
- laissez-faire,
- meditative,
- motionless,
- neuter,
- neutral,
- out,
- out cold,
- overcome,
- pale as death,
- pallid,
- paralytic,
- passed out,
- passive,
- petrified,
- procrastinating,
- prostrate,
- quiescent,
- quietist,
- quietistic,
- scared stiff,
- scared to death,
- stagnant,
- stagnating,
- standpat,
- static,
- stationary,
- stiff,
- stoned,
- stunned,
- stupefied,
- terrified,
- terror-crazed,
- terror-haunted,
- terror-ridden,
- terror-riven,
- terror-shaken,
- terror-smitten,
- terror-struck,
- terror-troubled,
- under the table,
- undone,
- unmanned,
- unnerved,
- unstrung,
- vegetable,
- vegetative