petrified
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petrified
adjective more petrified · most petrified
- Having undergone the process of petrification (transformation into a stony substance); turned to stone. On Yule-eve alone can petrified Giants receive back their life for the space of seven hours, if one of their race embraces them, and is, at the same time, willing to sacrifice a hundred years of their own life.
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Extremely afraid.
Similar: afraid
verb
- simple past and past participle of petrify
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: afraid, hard, numb, mineralized, mineral, scared, frightened, scary, hardened, cast, reinforced, frozen, cured, escalated, tightened, petrificated
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adj transformed into stony substance
| Deutsch | versteinert |
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adj extremely afraid
| Deutsch | versteinert |
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Talk about this word "petrified." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/petrified. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. petrified. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/petrified "petrified." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/petrified.Cite this
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