petrified

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Having undergone the process of petrification (transformation into a stony substance); turned to stone.
2. Extremely afraid.

Verb

simple past and past participle of petrify

petrify

1. (transitive) To turn to stone: 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. (intransitive) To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
5. (figuratively, intransitive) To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
6. (figuratively, transitive) To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.

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Sinonieme

stunned

hardened

freeze

harden

petrify

fossil

fossilized

frozen

turn to stone

stony

petrification

stupefied

lithification

stiff

Vertalings

versteinert

versteend

pietrificato

starr

versteinerte

mort de peur

pétrifié

indurito

duro come la pietra

apavorado

hirto de medo

endurecido

مرعب

duro como la piedra