Paralyzed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. Fig.: To unnerve; to destroy or impair the energy of; to
        render ineffective; as, the occurrence paralyzed the
        community; despondency paralyzed his efforts.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paralyzed
       adj : affected or subject to with paralysis [syn: {paralytic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  81 Moby Thesaurus words for "paralyzed":
     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