Meanings
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1
adj
Extremely frightened; so scared that you cannot move.
She was petrified of spiders and refused to enter the room.
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2
adj
Turned into stone over a very long time.
The museum displayed a piece of petrified wood millions of years old.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
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adj
· extremely frightened; so...
terrified
Word family
Derived forms
nonpetrifiedsemipetrifiedunpetrified