petrified
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˈpɛtrɪˌfaɪd/
:
petrificado
- I was really petrified I was going to go to jail.
If you guys don't know me, I'm petrified of spiders.
- If you guys don't know me, I'm petrified of spiders.
- We were still had Hal there and I was still petrified about this guy.
- I'm frightened, terrified, petrified of what I'm about to get next.
- There was oh, I was petrified.
- You know, my mom's petrified that I'm going to drop dead on Iron Man live coverage.
- I'm like, I am petrified of horror movies and of anything of that nature.
- Anyway, I put my feet up on this sort of windowsill and a mouse run across my foot and I was petrified.
- But but he was petrified of, you know, what was turning to be a gang war, I guess.
- So I'm just, I'm, I'm petrified on on all counts.
Examples
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Your wife is obviously petrified.
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She was petrified when she saw the snake slither past her.
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What happened was, you know, the whole country was was petrified with fear.
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And I have never seen someone get so petrified so quickly.
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And I was petrified because I, I always think it can happen to me.
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And I felt fine playing the piano, but I felt petrified speaking.
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When she had to stop for a red light and traffic, she was petrified.
Fiction book (2001) -
I'm like, I am petrified of horror movies and of anything of that nature.
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I have never seen this Secret Service quite so petrified with apprehension.
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I was a walking statue, cold, nearly petrified with fear, stiff with terror.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling fear or worry about something
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1.0
Feeling afraid because you think something bad might happen
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2.1
Feeling very afraid because you think something bad will happen
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3.2
So frightened that you cannot move or speak
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9.9
Feeling very afraid because you think something bad will happen
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1.0
Being afraid because something seems dangerous
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2.8
Unable to move because of fear or shock
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7.2
Feeling very shocked and afraid after seeing something frightening
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7.7
Suddenly feeling very frightened
So frightened that you cannot move or speak
Antonyms
Compounds
A national park in northeastern Arizona with many colorful tree logs turned to stone
How Frightened
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Petrified comes from the old Greek root petra meaning 'rock' or 'stone', the same root as the name Peter, which means 'rock'. A helpful image is being so scared you are 'turned to stone' and cannot move, which is why 'petrified' means frozen with fear.