Synonyms for palsies
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : pawl-zee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɔl zi |
Top 10 synonyms for palsies Other synonyms for the word palsies
- anesthetize
- appall
- arrest
- astound
- athetosis
- attenuate
- Bell's palsy
- bemuse
- benumb
- bewitch
- blunt
- bring to grinding halt
- close
- daunt
- daze
- deaden
- debilitate
- disarm
- dislimb
- dismember
- enfeeble
- hold
- hurt
- hypnotize
- immobilize
- incapacitate
- injure
- knock out
- lame
- maim
- make inert
- make nerveless
- mangle
- mesmerize
- mutilate
- nonplus
- numb
- palsy
- paralyze
- petrify
- prostrate
- rivet
- root
- sap
- shut down
- sideline
- spastic paralysis
- spellbind
- stifle
- stop dead
- stop in one's tracks
- stop one dead
- stun
- stupefy
- transfix
- undermine
- unstrengthen
- weaken
Définition of palsies
Origin :- "disease causing paralysis," c.1300, palesie, from Anglo-French parlesie, Old French paralisie, from Vulgar Latin *paralysia, from Latin paralysis (see paralysis).
- As in cerebral palsy : noun brain disorder
- As in paralyze : verb immobilize
- As in transfix : verb hold one's attention
- As in cripple : verb disable; make lame
- Come, let us forget him; the thought of him palsies all my hope.
- Extract from : « A Foregone Conclusion » by William Dean Howells
- The thought of such a phnomenon cannot well be said to startle the mind:it palsies and appals it.
- Extract from : « Eureka: » by Edgar A. Poe
- Why palsies are not always immediately preceded by violent exertions.
- Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. I » by Erasmus Darwin
- The mental dereliction of countenance in the other with equal propriety relaxes and palsies the limbs which depend on it.
- Extract from : « The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Vol. II (of 3) » by Henry Fuseli
- Another phnomenon in palsies is, that when the limbs of one side are disabled, those of the other are in perpetual motion.
- Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. I » by Erasmus Darwin
- It palsies energy and ambition, engenders gloom and despair, and transforms manhood into an icicle.
- Extract from : « Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading » by Various
- We old fellows have our palsies and apoplexies; and you, young fellows, your fevers and inflammations.
- Extract from : « The Tenants of Malory » by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
- This will account very readily for the occurrence of painful conditions in certain cases and palsies in others.
- Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by James J. Walsh
Antonyms for palsies
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