Synonyms for petrified
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : pe-truh-fahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛ trəˌfaɪ |
Top 10 synonyms for petrified Other synonyms for the word petrified
Définition of petrified
Origin :- 1660s, "turned to stone," past participle adjective from petrify (v.). Figurative meaning "paralyzed (with fright, etc.)" is from 1720.
- adj hardened
- adj terrified
- She stood as if petrified throughout a wait that seemed to both interminable.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- It was like a fine mask, suddenly startled, made angry, and petrified.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- For a moment she remained as if petrified, still listening, still waiting.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- When I told Matthews of my intention he had been petrified with astonishment.
- Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- And for a moment he stood as if petrified into a block of massive granite.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
- His bow was still outstretched, and he stood as if petrified.
- Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty
- The man obeyed, with the suddenness of a jack-in-the-box, and stood as if petrified.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
- The knot of men with the stretcher had stopped, too, halfway to the steamer, as if petrified.
- Extract from : « Heart of Darkness » by Joseph Conrad
- He took it down and came back, missing the petrified Ali by an inch.
- Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad
- I was petrified; for these words shewed me my danger in all its nakedness.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
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