How to spell paralyzed

Both words are correct, they mean the same, but they are used in different countries. ‘Paralysed‘, with an S, is the correct form used in the United Kingdom, its former colonies and dependencies, and Ireland. On the other hand, ‘paralyzed, with a Z, is only correct in the United States.

verb (used with object), par·a·lyzed, par·a·lyz·ing. to affect with paralysis. to bring to a condition of helpless stoppage, inactivity, or inability to act: The strike paralyzed communications.

Paralyze or paralyse:

Paralyze is preferred in the U.S. and Canada, while paralyse is preferred outside North America. The spelling difference extends to derivative words such as paralysed/paralyzed and paralysing/paralyzing, but not to paralysis, which has two s’s everywhere.

Generally, using the words “crippled” and “paralyzed” to refer to people with disabilities is impolite. This means that there are a set of institutions, cultural practices, and attitudes that discriminate against people with disabilities.

How is paralysis treated? Currently, there is no cure for paralysis itself. In certain cases, some or all muscle control and feeling returns on its own or after treatment of the cause for the paralysis. For example, spontaneous recovery often occurs in cases of Bell’s palsy, a temporary paralysis of the face.

In this page you can discover 32 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for paralyzed, like: paralyse, unmoving, paralyze, insensible, nerveless, benumbed, inactive, crippled, helpless, torpid and disabled.

paralyze. Antonyms: give life, strengthen, nerve, lift up, restore. Synonyms: deaden, benumb, prostrate, enervate, debilitate, enfeeble.

Antonyms of PARALYSIS

hopefulness, hope, animation, encouragement, sensation, calm, activity, busyness, moving, success, recovery, increase, mobility, rise, convexity, happiness, bulge, liveliness, life, protuberance, surge, motility, cheerfulness, action.

verbdisable; make lame. attenuate. blunt. debilitate. disarm.

transitive verb. 1 : to impair in vigor or sensation : blunt deadened his enthusiasm deadened the pain. 2a : to deprive of brilliance. b : to make vapid or spiritless oxygen deadens wine.

A still is an apparatus used to distill liquid mixtures by heating to selectively boil and then cooling to condense the vapor. A still uses the same concepts as a basic distillation apparatus, but on a much larger scale.

English Language Learners Definition of tranquility

: the quality or state of being quiet and peaceful.

The definition of tranquil is someone or something that is calm and peaceful.

tranquillity Add to list Share. Tranquillity is a sense of peace and quiet. It is the feeling you have while sitting under a starry sky, listening to the crickets. The aura of tranquility comes from the calm in the world, which makes you feel you are without a care in the world.

1a : suggestive or expressive of sadness or depression of mind or spirit sang in a melancholy voice. b : causing or tending to cause sadness or depression of mind or spirit : dismal a melancholy thought. 2a : depressed in spirits : dejected, sad.