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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
petrify \pet"rify\ pe^t"ri^fimac, v. t. imp. p. p.
petrified; p. pr. vb. n. petrifying. l. petra rock,
gr. pe`tra akin to pe`tros a stone + -fy: cf. f.
p'etrifier. cf. parrot, petrel, pier.
1. to convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone
or stony substance; as, petrified wood.
1913 webster
a river that petrifies any sort of wood or leaves.
--kirwan.
1913 webster
2. to make callous or obdurate; to transform, as by
petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart. young. "petrifying
accuracy." --sir w. scott.
1913 webster
and petrify a genius to a dunce. --pope.
1913 webster
a hideous fatalism, which ought, logically, to
petrify your volition. --g. eliot.
1913 webster
3. to paralyze, especially with fear; to stupefy; as, she was
petrified by the sight of the bear in her tent.
pjc
the poor, petrified journeyman, quite unconscious of
what he was doing. --de quincey.
1913 webster
see also:
petrified petrifying parrot petrel pier
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
petrifying
adj : paralyzing with terror
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
21 moby thesaurus words for "petrifying":
bloodcurdling, hair-raising, hardening, indurative, paralyzing,
petrifactive, stunning, stupefying, terrifying, terror,
terror-bearing, terror-breathing, terror-breeding, terror-bringing,
terror-fraught, terror-giving, terror-inspiring, terror-striking,
terrorful, terroristic, toughening
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