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Entry 5 senses Webster, 1913

petrified

· IPA /pˈɛtrəfˌaɪd/
01 adj. Converted into stone.
  1. 1.
    Converted into stone.
  2. 2.
    Converted into a mineral; as, petrified wood.
  3. 3.
    Same as terrified; as, petrified by the sight of the approaching bear. See: terrified
  4. 4.
    rendered unable to act due to intense fear.
  5. 5.
    Rendered lifeless or inactive; as, an imagination petrified by habitual television viewing.
Syn. mineralized. — Syn. -- panicky, panic-stricken, panic-struck, terrified, frightened. — Syn. -- frozen. — Syn. -- frozen; ossified.