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immobilizing

/ɪˈmɒbɪlaɪzɪŋ/ adjective · British & US

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What does immobilizing mean?

adjective

Causing someone or something to be unable to move or act; making someone or something unable to move or act.

Example

"The immobilizing fear of failure held her back from pursuing her dreams."

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Words that share this root

immobile immobility immobilize immobilization

What's another word for immobilizing?

paralyzing debilitating crippling stunning numbing petrifying

What's the opposite of immobilizing?

liberating empowering enabling

Rhymes with immobilizing

immobilizing realizing amazing gazing