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paralysingly
adverb
UK(USparalyzingly)uk /ˈpær.əl.aɪ.zɪŋ.li/ us /ˈper.əl.aɪz.ɪŋ.li/
in a way that makes you unable to move or act normally:
The situation was paralysingly frightening.
The paper was paralysingly dull and impenetrably technical.
The truck journey was cramped, dusty, and paralysingly hot.
We were immortalized in photos looking harassed or paralysingly self-conscious.
They are forced to struggle with a paralysingly complex benefits system.
He admits that he gets paralysingly anxious while acting and agonizes about being unable to play his part.
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