petrifying

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Present participle of petrify
Causing immense fear; immobilising with fright; scary; frightening; terrifying

The idea of speaking in front of such a large audience was petrifying.

{s} fossilizing, making into stone; paralyzing; terrifying, frightening
paralyzing with terror
petrify
To produce rigidness akin to stone
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To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals
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To immobilize with fright
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to convert into a substance of stony hardness and character
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{v} to change to stone, to become stone
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To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance
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To become stony, callous, or obdurate
petrify
change into stone; "the wood petrified with time"
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To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits
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To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart
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{f} make into stone; turn into stone; stiffen, make hard; paralyze with fear
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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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make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
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
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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