The child was paralyzed with fear.
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Paralyzed
Synonyms for "paralyzed" (85 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (42)
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1 entriesrelated to
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3 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 15 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- παραλυτικός adj ((of a person or part of the body) partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled)
Arabic
2 entries- مفلوج adj ((of a person or part of the body) partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled)
- مَشْلُول adj ((of a person or part of the body) partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled)
Catalan
1 entries- paralitzat adj ((of a person or part of the body) partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled)
Dutch
1 entries- verlamd adj ((of a person or part of the body) partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled)
Finnish
1 entries- halvaantunut adj ((of a person or part of the body) partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled)
French
1 entries- paralysé adj ((of a person or part of the body) partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled)
Galician
1 entries- paralizado adj ((of a person or part of the body) partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled)
German
1 entries- gelähmt adj ((of a person or part of the body) partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled)
Hebrew
1 entries- משותק adj ((of a person or part of the body) partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled)
Italian
1 entries- paralizzato adj ((of a person or part of the body) partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled)
Māori
2 entries- mae adj ((of a person or part of the body) partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled)
- pararaiha adj ((of a person or part of the body) partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled)
Occitan
1 entries- paralizat adj ((of a person or part of the body) partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- گوتورم adj ((of a person or part of the body) partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled)
Portuguese
1 entries- paralizado adj ((of a person or part of the body) partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled)
Spanish
1 entries- paralizado adj ((of a person or part of the body) partly or wholly incapable of movement; disabled)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The news paralyzed him.
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The general strike paralyzed the whole country.
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The traffic was paralyzed by the snowstorm.
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