petrifying

Meaning of petrifying

verb
  1. To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
  2. To produce rigidity akin to stone.
  3. To immobilize with fright.
  4. To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
  5. To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
  6. To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.
adjective
  1. Causing immense fear; extremely scary
    The idea of speaking in front of such a large audience was petrifying.

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Hyphenation of petrifying

pet-ri-fy-ing

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
  • petrifying is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

petrifying synonyms

Meaning :

frightening, terrifying

Words that rhyme with petrifying

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