Meaning of PETRIFIED

Pronunciation:			p'etruf`Id
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[adj]  so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; "petrified with fear"; "she was petrified by the eerie sound"; "too numb with fear to move" [adj]  converted into a mineral; "petrified wood" [adj]  converted into stone
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	Synonyms:		afraid(p), hard, mineral, mineralized, numb
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		adamant, adamantine, afraid, aghast, alabastrine, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, appalled, archaic, asbestine, ashen, astonished, astounded, awed, awestricken, awestruck, backed, benumbed, blanched, calcified, callous, calloused, case-hardened, classical, confounded, cowed, crusted, crusty, crystallized, deadly pale, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, flabbergasted, flintlike, flinty, fossil, fossilized, frightened, frozen, Gothic, granitelike, granitic, granulated, graphitic, gray with fear, grown old, hardened, hornified, horrified, horror-struck, incrusted, indurate, indurated, inorganic, intimidated, lapidified, lithic, marblelike, medieval, micaceous, mid-Victorian, mineral, numbed, of other times, old-world, ossified, pale as death, pallid, panic-stricken, paralyzed, petrogenic, reinforced, rigidified, rock, scared stiff, scared to death, sclerotic, set, shocked, silicic, slaty, solidified, speechless, steeled, stiffened, stone, strengthened, stunned, stupefied, sulfuric, sulfurous, superannuated, terrified, terror-crazed, terror-haunted, terror-ridden, terror-riven, terror-shaken, terror-smitten, terror-stricken, terror-struck, terror-troubled, thunderstruck, toughened, undone, unmanned, unnerved, unstrung, Victorian, vitrified