Synonyms for palsying
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pawl-zee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɔl zi |
Top 10 synonyms for palsying Other synonyms for the word palsying
- anesthetize
- appall
- arrest
- astound
- attenuate
- 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
- spellbind
- stifle
- stop dead
- stop in one's tracks
- stop one dead
- stun
- stupefy
- transfix
- undermine
- unstrengthen
- weaken
Définition of palsying
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 paralyze : verb immobilize
- As in transfix : verb hold one's attention
- As in cripple : verb disable; make lame
- That palsying thought, indeed, took entire possession of my soul.
- Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
- Why should every nerve quiver as she sat there mute with a palsying fear?
- Extract from : « Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale » by Ida Glenwood
- When he's next Behind the rocks, then to him, Guildamour, And be his palsying conscience.
- Extract from : « The Mortal Gods and Other Plays » by Olive Tilford Dargan
- Bill feels that his hour has come, for the death-grip which binds his throat is palsying his strength.
- Extract from : « I've Been Thinking; » by Azel Stevens Roe
- Old age was pressing inexorably upon him, palsying his hands on its rack, tripping his feet in its helpless mazes.
- Extract from : « A Certain Rich Man » by William Allen White
- Age had stiffened their joints, and laid his palsying hand upon their once active limbs, and vigorous frames.
- Extract from : « Early Western Travels 1748-1846 » by Various
- What is there in our highly civilized life that escapes the palsying touch of Fashion?
- Extract from : « Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women » by George Sumner Weaver
- In all the relations of private life he was too pure for the palsying touch of slander.
- Extract from : « Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution » by L. Carroll Judson
- Leave not your land cursed with slavery, extended and extending, palsying the nation's arm and corrupting the nation's heart.
- Extract from : « Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 1 (of 3) » by Theodore Parker
Antonyms for palsying
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