Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paralysing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables: paralysing
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative spelling of paralyzing.

British usage

verb

present participle and gerund of paralyse

Example Sentences

"The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll."
"Also in 1955 came the paralysing two-week ASLEF pay strike, which did even more to end the love affair between the railways and its regular customers."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

more paralysing (comparative) most paralysing (superlative) paralyzing (alternative)

Derived Forms

paralysingly

Questions

What does paralysing mean?: Alternative spelling of paralyzing.

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