Etymology: [ 'pe-tr&-"fI ] (verb.) 1594. Middle French petrifier, from petr- + -ifier -ify.
Synonyms: calcified, fossilized, frozen, ossified, solidified, afraid, alarmed, anxious, dazed, fearful, frightened, have cold feet, immobilized, in a cold sweat, in a panic, numb, panicky, pushing the panic button, scared
converted into stone, dumbfounded; frightened; silenced by fear; turned to stone as a result of mineral-laden water (about wood), so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; "petrified with fear"; "she was petrified by the eerie sound"; "too numb with fear to move", converted into a mineral; "petrified wood", A fossil that has turned to stone As the organic material decays, it is slowly replaced by minerals, leaving a cast in stone of the organism or some of its parts, If you are petrified, you are extremely frightened, perhaps so frightened that you cannot think or move. I've always been petrified of being alone Most people seem to be petrified of snakes. = terrified, adj describes an organic object that has been turned to stone, such as wood, by fossilization processes See Permineralized, A petrified plant or animal has died and has gradually turned into stone. a block of petrified wood, A process of fossilization in which the cells of an organism are replaced by minerals, (3 syl ) The petrified city Ishmonie, in Upper Egypt, is so called from the number of petrified bodies of men, women, and children to be seen there (Latin, petra-fio, to become rock ), To produce rigidness akin to stone, To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals, To immobilize with fright, make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking", change into stone; "the wood petrified with time", To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits, To become stony, callous, or obdurate, cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking, To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart, To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance, If something petrifies you, it makes you feel very frightened. Prison petrifies me and I don't want to go there. = terrify + petrifying pet·ri·fy·ing I found the climb absolutely petrifying. = terrifying, make into stone; turn into stone; stiffen, make hard; paralyze with fear, cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking",
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converted into stone
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dumbfounded; frightened; silenced by fear; turned to stone as a result of mineral-laden water (about wood) sıfat
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so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; "petrified with fear"; "she was petrified by the eerie sound"; "too numb with fear to move"
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converted into a mineral; "petrified wood"
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A fossil that has turned to stone As the organic material decays, it is slowly replaced by minerals, leaving a cast in stone of the organism or some of its parts
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If you are petrified, you are extremely frightened, perhaps so frightened that you cannot think or move. I've always been petrified of being alone Most people seem to be petrified of snakes. = terrified
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adj describes an organic object that has been turned to stone, such as wood, by fossilization processes See Permineralized
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A petrified plant or animal has died and has gradually turned into stone. a block of petrified wood
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A process of fossilization in which the cells of an organism are replaced by minerals
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(3 syl ) The petrified city Ishmonie, in Upper Egypt, is so called from the number of petrified bodies of men, women, and children to be seen there (Latin, petra-fio, to become rock )
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petrify
To produce rigidness akin to stone
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petrify
To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals
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petrify
To immobilize with fright
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petrify
make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
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petrify
change into stone; "the wood petrified with time"
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petrify
To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits
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petrify
To become stony, callous, or obdurate
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petrify
cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking
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petrify
To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart
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petrify
To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance
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petrify
If something petrifies you, it makes you feel very frightened. Prison petrifies me and I don't want to go there. = terrify + petrifying pet·ri·fy·ing I found the climb absolutely petrifying. = terrifying
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petrify
make into stone; turn into stone; stiffen, make hard; paralyze with fear fiil
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cause to become stone-like or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"
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