| Main Entry: | palsied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crippled |
Synonyms: |
arthritic, atonic, debilitated, disabled, diseased, helpless, neurasthenic, paralytic, paralyzed, rheumatic, sclerotic, shaking, shaky, sick, spastic, trembling, tremorous, weak |
Antonyms: |
healthy, steady, walking |
| Main Entry: | cripple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disable; make lame |
Synonyms: |
attenuate, blunt, debilitate, disarm, dislimb, dismember, enfeeble, hamstring, hurt, immobilize, incapacitate, injure, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, palsy, paralyze, prostrate, sap, sideline, stifle, undermine, unstrengthen, weaken |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, enable, help, strengthen, support |
| Main Entry: | motionless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, not moving |
Synonyms: |
apoplectic, at a standstill, at rest, becalmed, dead, deadlocked, deathly, firm, fixed, frozen, halted, immobile, immotile, inanimate, inert, lifeless, numb, palsied, paralyzed, petrified, quiescent, quiet, spellbound, stable, stagnant, stalled, standing, static, stationary, steadfast, still, stock-still, torpid, transfixed, unmovable, unmoved, unmoving |
Antonyms: |
active, busy, lively, mobile, moving |
| Main Entry: | paralytic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impaired in movement |
Synonyms: |
diplegic, disabled, immobile, immobilized, inactive, incapacitated, insensible, lame, numb, palsied, palsified, paralyzed, paraplegic, powerless, quadriplegic |
Antonyms: |
healthy, uncrippled |
| Main Entry: | paralyze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | immobilize |
Synonyms: |
anesthetize, appall, arrest, astound, bemuse, benumb, bring to grinding halt, close, daunt, daze, deaden, debilitate, demolish, destroy, disable, disarm, enfeeble, freeze, halt, incapacitate, knock out, lame, make inert, make nerveless, nonplus, numb, palsy, petrify, prostrate, shut down, stop dead, stun, stupefy, transfix, weaken |
Antonyms: |
incite, mobilize, stimulate |
| Main Entry: | transfix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold one's attention |
Synonyms: |
bewitch, captivate, enchant, engross, fascinate, hold, hypnotize, mesmerize, palsy, paralyze, petrify, rivet, root, spellbind, stop in one's tracks, stop one dead, stun |
Antonyms: |
bore, look away |
| Main Entry: | unconscious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not awake; out cold |
Synonyms: |
benumbed, blacked out, bombed, cold*, comatose, dead to the world, drowsy, entranced, feeling no pain, flattened, in a trance, inanimate, inert, insensate, insensible, knocked, lethargic, numb, on the canvas, out, out like a light, palsied, paralyzed, passed out, put away, raving, senseless, stunned, stupefied, swooning, torpid, tranced, zonked |
Antonyms: |
awake, aware, conscious |
| Main Entry: | weak |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cowardly |
Synonyms: |
faint-hearted, fluctuant, frightened, hesitant, impotent, indecisive, ineffectual, infirm, insecure, irresolute, laid-back*, nerveless, nervous, palsied, powerless, shaky, soft, spineless, tender, timorous, uncertain, undependable, unreliable, unstable, unsure, vacillating, wavering, weak-kneed, wimpy, wishy-washy, wobbly, zero* |
Antonyms: |
bold, brave, confident |
| Main Entry: | stock-still |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | motionless |
Synonyms: |
apoplectic, at a standstill, at rest, becalmed, dead*, deadlocked, deathly, firm, fixed, frozen, halted, immobile, immotile, inanimate, inert, lifeless, numb, palsied, paralyzed, petrified, quiescent, quiet, spellbound, stable, stagnant, stalled, standing, static*, stationary, steadfast, still, torpid, transfixed, unmovable, unmoved, unmoving |