Petrify

/ˈpɛ.tɹəˌfaɪ/

Synonyms for "petrify" (75 found)

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Verb(1 words)

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Strong matches (23)

bowl downbowl overcalcify callouscase hardenconfound cornify crystallize daze dazzle disconcert dismay dumbfound dumbfounder firm flabbergast fossilize freeze frighten

Verb(4 words)

calcified calcify fossilise fossilize

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Verb(7 words)

frighten lapidify paralyze paralyzing rigidify stun terrify

harden horrify indurate intimidate lapidify lithify numb ossify overwhelm paralyze perplex scarescare stiffscare to deathshock stagger startle steelstrike deadstrike dumb

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strike terror intostrike with wonderstun stupefy surprise temper terrify toughenturn to stonevitrify

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More general

7 entries

bluntchange statedeadenemotion verbfossilise fossilize stiffen

More specific

4 entries

fossilize ossify paralyze terrify

Collocations

5 entries

petrification processpetrified forestpetrified remainspetrified woodpetrifying gaze

Inflections

3 entries

petrified petrifies petrifying

Derivations

4 entries

petrification petrified petrifier petrifying

Sample sentences

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a river that petrifies any sort of wood or leaves

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Like Niobe we marble grow, / And petrify with grief.

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Hopes, feelings, and passion, petrify one after another; the crust of experience soon hardens over the hidden past; and who, looking on the levelled and subdued exterior, could dream of the wreck and ravage that lies below?

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petrify a genius to a dunce

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