PETRIFIED

adj. 1 horrified, horror-stricken, terrified, terror-stricken, panic-stricken, frightened, afraid, paralysed, numbed, benumbed, frozen The maiden stood petrified as the dragon, breathing fire, approached 2 shocked, speechless, dumbfounded or dumfounded, dumbstruck, stunned, thunderstruck, astonished, astounded, confounded, stupefied, appalled, aghast, Colloq flabbergasted The firemen rescued three petrified children who were huddled in a corner 3 ossified, fossilized These were not stones but the petrified remains of ancient trees