Paralysis [noun]
Definition of Paralysis:
disinclination to move; lifelessness
Synonyms of Paralysis:
● Laziness
● Apathy
● Sluggishness
● Inactivity
● Torpor
● Torpidity
● Lethargy
● Sloth
● Idleness
● Listlessness
● Stillness
● Stupor
● Lassitude
● Languor
● Indolence
● Immobilization
● Dullness
● Unresponsiveness
● Passivity
● Drowsiness
● Immobility
● Oscitancy
● Deadness
Opposite/Antonyms of Paralysis:
● Moving
● Life
● Activity
● Action
● Liveliness
● Busyness
● Animation
Sentence/Example of Paralysis:
One morning, as he was going downstairs, Orlando was stricken with paralysis.
He was not wordy, and he tarried but a moment, yet he explained his paralysis.
Just as the bonds of paralysis had broken, he had lost consciousness.
One day, when they were at church, he died of a second attack of paralysis.
Captain Cy dropped her hand as if his own had been struck with paralysis.
I didn't know but you'd been struck by walkin' paralysis or somethin'.
The doctor says it's a paralysis or appleplexy or somethin'.
He has had a stroke of paralysis, and there seem to be other complications.
And it seemed to him that a sort of paralysis had fallen on their wits.
Then, and not till then, did the paralysis of horror loose its grip on the human.