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Pronunciation:
[ pˈɛtɹɪfˌa͡ɪ], [ pˈɛtɹɪfˌaɪ], [ p_ˈɛ_t_ɹ_ɪ_f_ˌaɪ]
Related words: petrification, petrified, petrified state
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Similar words for petrify:
- lapidify (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- petrify (noun)
- appall/appal (verb)
- change (verb)
- daze (verb)
- frighten (verb)
- harden (verb)
- horrify (verb)
- indurate (verb)
- make hard (verb)
- ossify (verb)
- paralyze (verb)
- preserve (verb)
- scare (verb)
- scarify (verb)
- solidify (verb)
- spook (verb)
- stun/stupefy (verb)
- surprise (verb)
- temper (verb)
- terrify (verb)
- terrorize (verb)
- thicken (verb)
- transfix (verb)
- other synonyms
- frighten
- harden
- indurate
- ossify
- other relevant words
- surprise
- terrorize
- transfix
Synonyms for Petrify:
n.
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- hold back,
- clarify,
- squeeze out,
- solidify,
- cut into,
- stamp out,
- interfere with,
- kill off,
- suppress,
- shut off.
v.
• appall/appal (verb)- dis mayed,
- dis maying,
- un nerving,
- dis heartens,
- un nerve,
- dis-concert,
- dis-hearten,
- dis mays,
- gat to,
- dis-maying,
- grosses out,
- dis concerted,
- gotten to,
- out raging,
- dis-heartened,
- dis hearten,
- dis heartened,
- grossing out,
- un-nerve,
- out rages,
- out-raged,
- out raged,
- dis-concerted,
- un-nerving,
- dis-heartens,
- dis-concerting,
- dis concert,
- dis concerts,
- out-raging,
- dis-may,
- dis concerting,
- dis may,
- out-rage,
- un-nerves,
- un nerves,
- dis-heartening,
- dis-mayed,
- out-rages,
- dis-mays,
- dis heartening,
- dis-concerts,
- un nerved,
- out rage.
- be wildered,
- over-whelms,
- be fuddle,
- be-fogs,
- dis tract,
- over whelming,
- over whelm,
- be fogging,
- be-fuddles,
- dis-order,
- be wilders,
- dis-tract,
- be fogged,
- dis order,
- be wildering,
- be-wildering,
- be fuddled,
- dis-ordering,
- be fuddling,
- be-wilder,
- be-wildered,
- over power,
- dis-ordered,
- be-numb,
- be fogs,
- over powered,
- over whelmed,
- be-fuddling,
- be fog,
- be-fuddled,
- be numb,
- be numbing,
- dis tracts,
- be numbs,
- over-whelming,
- be-numbs,
- be numbed,
- be-fog,
- dis ordered,
- over whelms,
- over-powered,
- over powers,
- be-fogging,
- over-whelm,
- dis-orders,
- over powering,
- dis-tracts,
- dis ordering,
- be-wilders,
- over-whelmed,
- over-powers,
- be-fogged,
- be wilder,
- be fuddles,
- be-numbing,
- be-fuddle,
- over-powering,
- be-numbed,
- over-power,
- dis orders.
- haunt,
- agitate,
- alarm,
- amaze,
- panic,
- dumbfound,
- threaten,
- harrow,
- immobilize,
- dismay,
- astound,
- rattle,
- disturb,
- put chill on,
- set on edge,
- intimidate,
- unnerve,
- confound.
- chilling off,
- chills off,
- dis gusting,
- dis-gust,
- dis-gusting,
- dis-gusted,
- dis gusts,
- dis gust,
- dis gusted,
- chilled off,
- dis-gusts.
- brought grinding halt,
- brought to grinding halt,
- de-stroys,
- de aden,
- de-stroyed,
- bring grinding halt,
- dis armed,
- de-aden,
- be-musing,
- dis arming,
- be-mused,
- in-capacitate,
- de stroys,
- de stroying,
- in capacitating,
- be mused,
- be-muse,
- dis-armed,
- de stroyed,
- makes nerveless,
- bringing grinding halt,
- made inert,
- de-stroying,
- stops dead,
- in capacitate,
- making inert,
- de-stroy,
- made nerveless,
- in capacitated,
- in-capacitated,
- dis arms,
- dis-arming,
- in capacitates,
- be muse,
- stopt dead,
- de adens,
- in-capacitating,
- de-adens,
- stopping dead,
- brings grinding halt,
- makes inert,
- be musing,
- de stroy,
- stopped dead,
- brings to grinding halt,
- bringing to grinding halt,
- dis-arms,
- making nerveless.
- bottle,
- marinate,
- quick-freeze,
- archive,
- bank,
- can,
- embalm,
- refrigerate,
- mummify,
- preserve,
- conserve,
- freeze.
- gives a fright,
- scaring silly,
- give turn,
- giving fright,
- strook terror in,
- strikes terror in,
- gives turn,
- gave fright,
- gave turn,
- gave a turn,
- scare pants off,
- scaring pants off,
- gives a turn,
- scares silly,
- giving a turn,
- scares pants off,
- gave a fright,
- giving a fright,
- scared pants off,
- scares the pants off,
- scaring stiff,
- gives fright,
- giving turn,
- scaring the pants off,
- give fright,
- scared the pants off,
- struck terror in,
- striking terror in.
- scares the daylights out of,
- making one's hair stand end,
- scaring daylights out of,
- scares daylights out of,
- making ones hair stand end,
- made ones hair stand end,
- makes one hair stand on end,
- making one hair stand end,
- make one hair stand on end,
- makes ones hair stand on end,
- makes one hair stand end,
- making one's hair stand on end,
- making hair stand on end,
- makes one's hair stand on end,
- made hair stand on end,
- makes ones hair stand end,
- making one hair stand on end,
- scared the daylights out of,
- make ones hair stand on end,
- made one's hair stand end,
- makes hair stand end,
- scare daylights out of,
- made one's hair stand on end,
- made one hair stand on end,
- make one's hair stand end,
- scared daylights out of,
- made ones hair stand on end,
- makes hair stand on end,
- make ones hair stand end,
- sillied,
- make one hair stand end,
- make hair stand end,
- making hair stand end,
- make hair stand on end,
- sillying,
- scaring the daylights out of,
- makes one's hair stand end,
- made hair stand end,
- made one hair stand end,
- making ones hair stand on end.
- makes one's blood run cold,
- scared the pants of,
- scaring the pants of,
- made one's blood run cold,
- scared the pants off of,
- make one teeth chatter,
- scares pants off of,
- scare pants off of,
- scaring the pants off of,
- making ones teeth chatter,
- made ones blood run cold,
- scaring pants off of,
- making ones blood run cold,
- scared pants of,
- make ones blood run cold,
- makes one's teeth chatter,
- makes ones blood run cold,
- scare the pants of,
- scared pants off of,
- making one's teeth chatter,
- made one's teeth chatter,
- scares the pants off of,
- made ones teeth chatter,
- scaring pants of,
- makes ones teeth chatter,
- make one blood run cold,
- scares pants of,
- scare pants of,
- making one blood run cold,
- scares the pants of,
- made one blood run cold,
- making one teeth chatter,
- made one teeth chatter,
- makes one blood run cold,
- makes one teeth chatter,
- making one's blood run cold,
- make ones teeth chatter.
- knocking over,
- over-comes,
- hit like ton bricks,
- over coming,
- striking dumb,
- threw curve,
- over-coming,
- strook dumb,
- blows away,
- strikes dumb,
- took breath away,
- hits like ton bricks,
- hitting like ton of bricks,
- hits like ton of bricks,
- over comes,
- takes breath away,
- throws a curve,
- throw curve,
- hitting like ton bricks,
- threw a curve,
- over come,
- throws curve,
- knocks over,
- knocks unconscious,
- taking breath away,
- knocked unconscious,
- throwing a curve,
- throwing curve,
- blowing away,
- knocking unconscious.
- taking ones breath away,
- sur-prised,
- sur-prise,
- dis-comfits,
- dis comfits,
- causes wonder,
- sur prised,
- sur prise,
- sprung on,
- struck with awe,
- causing wonder,
- leaves open-mouthed,
- strook with awe,
- takes one's breath away,
- caused wonder,
- leaved aghast,
- leaving aghast,
- leaved open-mouthed,
- springing on,
- un settle,
- left openmouthed,
- un settled,
- leaved open mouthed,
- un-settled,
- took ones breath away,
- takes ones breath away,
- sur prises,
- leaving open mouthed,
- un-settling,
- dis-comfit,
- taking one's breath away,
- un settling,
- striking with awe,
- sur-prising,
- strikes with awe,
- leaves openmouthed,
- sprang on,
- leaving openmouthed,
- left open-mouthed,
- left open mouthed,
- left aghast,
- took one breath away,
- leaved openmouthed,
- taking one breath away,
- sur prising,
- take one breath away,
- leaves aghast,
- springs something on,
- un-settle,
- sprung something on,
- springing something on,
- un settles,
- leaving open-mouthed,
- sur-prises,
- takes one breath away,
- leave open mouthed,
- leaves open mouthed,
- dis comfit,
- took one's breath away,
- springs on,
- sprang something on,
- leave openmouthed,
- take ones breath away.
- strikes fear into,
- struck fear in to,
- striking fear into,
- striking fear in to,
- strikes fear in to,
- strook fear in to,
- struck fear into,
- strike fear in to,
- strook fear into.
- stopt tracks,
- stops ones tracks,
- stops one's tracks,
- be-witches,
- be-witch,
- be witched,
- stops in tracks,
- stops in ones tracks,
- stopping one tracks,
- stops in one's tracks,
- be witches,
- stop ones tracks,
- stops in one tracks,
- stopt one dead,
- be witch,
- rivetting,
- stopped in one tracks,
- stop in ones tracks,
- stopping in one's tracks,
- trans fixing,
- stopped ones tracks,
- trans fixt,
- stop in one tracks,
- trans-fixing,
- trans fixes,
- stopt one tracks,
- stops one dead,
- stopped in one's tracks,
- trans-fixt,
- be-witched,
- stopt ones tracks,
- trans-fixed,
- stopping tracks,
- stopt in one tracks,
- stopping ones tracks,
- stop tracks,
- stopped tracks,
- stopped in tracks,
- stopped one's tracks,
- stopped one tracks,
- stopped one dead,
- trans fix,
- stop in tracks,
- stopt one's tracks,
- stops one tracks,
- stopt in one's tracks,
- stop one tracks,
- stopping one dead,
- trans-fixes,
- stopping one's tracks,
- stopping in ones tracks,
- trans-fix,
- stopped in ones tracks,
- stops tracks,
- stopt in tracks,
- be-witching,
- stop one's tracks,
- be witching,
- trans fixed,
- stopping in tracks,
- stopping in one tracks,
- rivetted,
- stopt in ones tracks.
Other synonyms:
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- set.
- disburb,
- scared to death,
- scare off,
- scare away,
- strike terror into,
- make teeth chatter,
- chilled to the bone,
- stiffed,
- curdle the blood,
- scarify,
- chill to the bone,
- scare to death,
- stiffs,
- make blood run cold.
- fossilized,
- curdling,
- Caking,
- temper,
- firmed,
- vitrified,
- densify,
- curdled,
- Fossilizing,
- Calcified,
- Calcifying,
- calloused,
- Starching,
- Caked,
- firming,
- callousing,
- Starched,
- fossilize,
- vitrify,
- toughen,
- calcify,
- fossilizes,
- callouses.
- Jellying,
- get to,
- strike dumb,
- surprise,
- clabber,
- scares stiff,
- scare,
- thicken,
- Candying,
- Lamed,
- Frighting,
- gel,
- inspissate,
- make one's blood run cold,
- horrify,
- getting to,
- tenses,
- tensing,
- make one's teeth chatter,
- hit like ton of bricks,
- knock over,
- stop dead,
- ossify,
- fuddled,
- gross out,
- Palsying,
- spook,
- appall,
- Brazed,
- Befogging,
- terrorize,
- blinded,
- blew away,
- make inert,
- grossed out,
- dizzies,
- Dizzied,
- mystified,
- daze,
- anesthetizing,
- brazes,
- strike terror in,
- knocked over,
- scared stiff,
- mystify,
- Laming,
- toughen up,
- candied,
- terrify,
- struck dumb,
- tensed,
- strike fear into,
- palsy,
- got to,
- knock unconscious,
- Lames,
- Gels,
- give a turn,
- gelling,
- anesthetized,
- gelled,
- befogs,
- appal,
- give a fright,
- blow away,
- clabbered,
- fuddle,
- scared silly,
- fuddles,
- grow thick,
- numbing,
- make nerveless,
- tempered,
- frighten,
- scare the pants off,
- scare silly,
- jellied,
- scare stiff,
- befogged,
- clabbering,
- anesthetize,
- Fuddling,
- scare the pants off of,
- blinding,
- thickening,
- stiffen,
- take breath away,
- steadying,
- scare the daylights out of,
- befog,
- stun,
- make one's hair stand on end,
- transfix,
- steadied,
- Frighted,
- chill off,
- paralyze,
- Brazing,
- sillies,
- anesthetizes,
- bring to grinding halt,
- throw a curve,
- gets to,
- braze,
- Palsies.
How to use "Petrify" in context?
When looking up the meaning of "petrify," one may believe the definition to be related to making someone immobile. However, the definition for "petrify" is actually about turning something into a solid mineral. Petrifying is a natural process that can be used to preserve objects, such as insects or animals, from decay. The process of petrifying can be caused by different factors, such as the high temperature or moist environment.
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