Synonyms for petrified
pet·ri·fied

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1. scared

   really frightened/your shivering to much, slang.

   Submitted by anonymous on February 24, 2020  

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1. List of paraphrases for "petrified":

   hardened

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1. Sandy Branch:

   She was absolutely petrified—she thought she was dying, she didn’t know what was going on.

2. Xavier Jenkins:

   Skybalonyx goes to show that prehistoric ecosystems, such as those at Petrified Forest National Park, were much more similar to the modern than previously thought, with animals climbing, burrowing, swimming and flying just like today.

3. Steve Taylor:

   This guy was a really successful guide, and he died by a lion. And I think that’s the Cecil Effect. Guides in Zimbabwe are petrified of having the world turn on them.

4. James Caan:

   I had my first puff on a joint when I was 24-and-a-half, and I was petrified, i thought I was gonna see elephants. Five, six years later, I’m in Hollywood. I got a little cocaine in my pocket, a couple of quaaludes. I can’t do a little of anything.

5. Larry King:

   I was petrified, the theme music was supposed to fade, and I was supposed to do a voice-over. But every time the music faded I’d turn it back up again. Finally, the station manager stuck his head into the studio and said, ‘Remember, this is a communicating business.’ I let the music go down and told the audience what had just happened. Those were my first words on the radio.