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Synonyms for petrify
ˈpɛ trəˌfaɪpet·ri·fy
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petrify
Synonyms:
astound, electrify, dismay, horrify, appal, stun, stupefy, dumbfounderAntonyms:
reassure, tranquillize
Princeton's WordNet
petrifyverb
cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned
"The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"
lapidify, petrifyverb
change into stone
"the wood petrified with time"
rigidify, ossify, petrifyverb
make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
"rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
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petrifyverb
Synonyms:
change to stonepetrifyverb
Synonyms:
make callous, make obduratepetrifyverb
Synonyms:
astonish, amaze, astound, dumfounder, confound, stupefy, take by surprise, strike dumb
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- تحجرArabic
- petrificarCatalan, Valencian
- forsteneDanish
- versteinern, erstarrenGerman
- petrificarSpanish
- kovettua, kivettää, jähmettää, kovettaa, kivettyä, jähmettyäFinnish
- pétrifierFrench
- petrificarGalician
- pietrificareItalian
- 石化するJapanese
- OBSTUPEFACIOLatin
- verstarren, verstenenDutch
- petrificarPortuguese
- împietri, petrificaRomanian
- [[превраща́ть]] в [[ка́мень]]Russian
- förstenaSwedish
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