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Synonyms, definition Petrifying

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1. petrifying (Adjective)

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petrifying (Adjective) —   Paralyzing with terror 1 example
1. ex. "Organic remains have exercised an influence upon their mode of petrifying"

2. petrifying (Verb)

3 synonyms
# Word Frequency Likes Number of letters Number of synonyms
1. lapidifying 0 11 letters 0 synonyms
2. ossifying 0.02 9 letters 0 synonyms
3. rigidifying 0 11 letters 4 synonyms
3 definitions
petrifying (Verb) —   Cause to become stonelike, stiff or dazed and stunned 2 examples
1. ex. "The horror petrified his feelings"
2. ex. "Fear petrified her thinking"
petrifying (Verb) —   Change into stone 1 example
1. ex. "the wood petrified with time"
petrifying (Verb) —   Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern 1 example
1. ex. "slogans petrify our thinking"
5 types of
# Word Number of letters Number of synonyms
1. blunting 8 letters 0 synonyms
2. deadening 9 letters 19 synonyms
3. fossilising 11 letters 0 synonyms
4. fossilizing 11 letters 0 synonyms
5. stiffening 10 letters 5 synonyms
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lapidifying, ossifying, rigidifying.
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