PETRIFY

v. 1 frighten, scare, horrify, terrify, paralyse, numb, benumb I was petrified by the noise of the explosion 2 shock, dumbfound or dumfound, stun, astonish, astound, amaze, confound, disconcert, stupefy, appal, Colloq flabbergast The sight of so much destruction petrified even hardened reporters 3 ossify, fossilize, turn to stone Over thousands of years the desert conditions petrify the wood