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1. (v.t.) petrify
to convert into stone or a stony substance.
2. petrify
to benumb with strong emotion, as fear.
3. petrify
to harden; deaden:
The tragedy petrified his emotions.
4. (v.i.) petrify
to become petrified.
Etymology: (1585–95; < MF petrifier. See petri -, -ify)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) petrify
cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned
"The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"
2. (verb) lapidify, petrify
change into stone
"the wood petrified with time"
3. (verb) rigidify, ossify, petrify
make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
"rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) petrify
to convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance
2. (verb) petrify
to make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrifaction; as, to petrify the heart. Young
3. (verb) petrify
to become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits
4. (verb) petrify
fig.: To become stony, callous, or obdurate
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Sense: to make (someone) very frightened; to terrify
The thought of having to make a speech petrified him.
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 Afrikaans: bevrees maak |
 Arabic: يَصْعَق، يُذْهِل |
 Bulgarian: вкаменявам |
 Brazilian: petrificar |
 Czech: nahánět strach |
 German: erstarren lassen |
 Danish: skræmme; gøre stiv af ræd |
 Greek: τρομοκρατώ |
 Spanish: petrificar, aterrorizar |
 Estonian: kohutama |
 Farsi: بهت زده کردن |
 Finnish: kauhistuttaa |
 French: pétrifier |
 Hebrew: לְהָמֵם |
 Hindi: सन्न रह जाना |
 Croatian: okameniti |
 Hungarian: halálra rémít |
 Indonesian: membuat ketakutan |
 Icelandic: lama(st) af skelfingu |
 Italian: pietrificare |
 Japanese: すくませる |
 Korean: 아연실색하게 하다 |
 Lithuanian: kelti (kam) siaubą, stulb |
 Latvian: sastingt; pārakmeņoties |
 Malay: menyebabkan sso terpaku |
 Dutch: doen verstijven |
 Norwegian: gjøre skrekkslagen, skrem |
 Polish: przerazić porazić |
 Persian: بهت زده کردن |
 Pashto: په تيږ ه بدلول يا بدليدل |
 Portuguese: petrificar |
 Romanian: aîngheţa |
 Russian: приводить в оцепенение |
 Slovak: vydesiť |
 Slovenian: paralizirati |
 Serbian: prestrašiti se |
 Swedish: förstena, lamslå |
 Thai: ทำให้หวาดกลัว |
 Turkish: dehşete düşürmek |
 Taiwanese: 使驚呆，把...嚇呆 |
 Ukrainian: приводити в заціпеніння; |
 Urdu: خوف زدہ کرنا |
 Vietnamese: làm sững sờ/ làm chết điế |
 Chinese: 使人发呆，吓呆 |
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