petrify

pet·ri·fy  (ptr-f)

v. pet·ri·fied, pet·ri·fy·ing, pet·ri·fies

v.tr.

1. To convert (wood or other organic matter) into a stony replica by petrifaction.

2. To cause to become stiff or stonelike; deaden.

3. To stun or paralyze with terror; daze.

v.intr.

To become stony, especially by petrifaction.

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[Middle English petrifien, to harden, from Old French petrifier : Latin petra, rock (from Greek petr; see per-² in Indo-European roots) + Old French -fier, -fy.]

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petrify

Verb

[-fies, -fying, -fied]

1. to stun or daze with fear: he was petrified of going to jail

2. (of organic material) to turn to stone

3. to make or become unable to change or develop: a society petrified by outmoded conventions [Greek petra stone]

petrification n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	petrify - cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking" blunt, deaden - make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
	2.	petrify - change into stone; "the wood petrified with time" lapidify fossilise, fossilize - convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone"
	3.	petrify - make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking" ossify, rigidify stiffen - make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"

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petrify

verb 1. terrify, horrify, amaze, astonish, stun, appal, paralyse, astound, confound, transfix, stupefy, immobilize, dumbfound

verb 2. fossilize, set, harden, solidify, ossify, turn to stone, calcify

Translations

petrify [ˈpɛtrɪfaɪ] vt → pétrifier

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petrify [ˈpɛtrɪfaɪ] vt (fig) (= terrify); vor Angst erstarren lassen

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petrify [ˈpɛtrɪfaɪ] vt → pietrificare;

(fig) → terrorizzare

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petrify

v petrify [ˈpetrifai]

to make (someone) very frightened; to terrify The thought of having to make a speech petrified him. bevrees maak يَصْعَق، يُذْهِل вкаменявам nahánět strach skræmme; gøre stiv af rædsel erstarren lassen τρομοκρατώ petrificar, aterrorizar kohutama بهت زده کردن saada jähmettymään kauhusta pétrifier לְהָמֵם सन्न रह जाना okameniti halálra rémít membuat ketakutan lama(st) af skelfingu pietrificare すくませる 망연 자실하게 하다, 깜짝 놀라게 하다 kelti (kam) siaubą, stulbinti sastingt; pārakmeņoties menyebabkan sso terpaku doen verstijven gjøre skrekkslagen, skremme vettet av przerazić porazić petrificar a îngheţa приводить в оцепенение vydesiť paralizirati prestrašiti se förstena, lamslå ทำให้ตกตะลึง dehşete düşürmek 使人發獃，嚇獃 приводити в заціпеніння; приголомшувати خوف زدہ کرنا làm sững sờ/ làm chết điếng 使人发呆，吓呆