paralyzing
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- adjective
- /ˈpærəˌlaɪzɪŋ/
- US
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paralizante
- And the regrets from leaving a narcissistic relationship can really be quite paralyzing for some people.
- a paralyzing effect
The lack of freedom and free will is paralyzing to innovation.
- The lack of freedom and free will is paralyzing to innovation.
- Cat phobic that they have a somewhat irrational and paralyzing crippling fear of cats.
- One of the reasons we find it so hard to leave is that we become paralysed by our confusion.
- If it's always just turtles on top of turtles infinitely, isn't that paralyzing for the scientific mind?
- But too much anger can be paralyzing.
- You know, sometimes when the dream is so big, the fact that it's so big becomes paralyzing.
- As a result, being in these relationships can be an exercise in absolutely paralyzing anxiety.
- Having lots of competencies that you could follow in your life is exciting, but it's also terrifying and paralyzing too.
- And when they are higher stakes, then they are more daunting and more can be more paralysing.
- That fear, that paralyzing fear of what would happen if someone really saw your faults being such a destabilizing space.
Examples
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As a result, being in these relationships can be an exercise in absolutely paralyzing anxiety.
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The movie was so frightening that it left him with a paralyzing fear, unable to move from his seat.
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I clearly remember that this type of story had a paralyzing effect on me.
Academic text (1995) -
The lack of freedom and free will is paralyzing to innovation.
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Change may be one of the single most paralyzing elements that we as humans face.
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The anxiety then turned into really deep paralyzing depression.
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There are simply too many things I want to do, which paradoxically has a paralyzing effect on me.
Blog text (30) -
It can be paralyzing and overwhelming.
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If you can help one person overcome paralyzing trauma, you've changed the world.
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The breakdown of consensus had an immediate paralyzing effect on state bureaucracies heavily dependent on the guarantees given by the political and party systems.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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Causing so much fear that a person cannot move
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Causing a person to be unable to move or work
An action that stops a person or thing from moving
Antonyms
How Paralyzing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Paralyzing comes from the Greek parts para- 'beside' and lyein 'to loosen', which you can think of like 'loose'. Imagine being so 'loosened' that you cannot move or act, and that is why paralyzing describes something that makes someone unable to move or function.