PETRIFIED


Meaning of PETRIFIED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ petrɪfaɪd ]

1.

If you are petrified , you are extremely frightened, perhaps so frightened that you cannot think or move.

I’ve always been petrified of being alone...

Most people seem to be petrified of snakes.

= terrified

ADJ : oft ADJ of n / -ing , ADJ that

2.

A petrified plant or animal has died and has gradually turned into stone.

...a block of petrified wood.

ADJ : ADJ n

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