PETRIFY

/ˈpɛ.tɹəˌfaɪ/ ► audio Scrabble 15 Words With Friends 15

Scrabble letter values: P3E1T1R1I1F4Y4 = 15

Definition

  1. verb cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright.
  2. verb change into stone. — synonyms: lapidify
  3. verb make rigid and set into a conventional pattern. — synonyms: rigidify, ossify

Examples

  • “The horror petrified his feelings”
  • “Fear petrified her thinking”
  • “the wood petrified with time”

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