Synonyms for paralyzing
par·a·lyz·ing

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1. List of paraphrases for "paralyzing":

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1. Guy Davenport:

   Sometimes when reading Goethe I have a paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to be funny.

2. Delores Goodwin Kelley:

   Barbara Mikulski’s such a purist about who Barbara Mikulski will talk to and work with that it’s almost paralyzing.

3. John Green:

   And as paralyzing and upsetting as all the never agains were, the final leaving felt perfect. Pure. The most distilled possible form of liberation. Everything that mattered except one lousy picture was in the trash, but it felt so great. I started jogging, wanting to put even more distance between myself and school. It is so hard to leave---until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.

4. John Herschel Glenn, Jr.:

   Humans always have fear of an unknown situation -- this is normal. The important thing is what we do about it. If fear is permitted to become a paralyzing thing that interferes with proper action, then it is harmful. The best antidote to fear is to know all we can about a situation.

5. Joelle Craft:

   It's defeating to put another person on the ventilator, it's defeating to put another person in prone positioning or paralyzing them or watching them get more test tubes. It's defeating to watch health care providers that I care about or Joelle Craft stand at the bedside when someone dies alone. It's also defeating to watch somebody else get put in a body bag.