Petrifying synonyms
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terrorful
terror-giving
terror-striking
terror-bringing
terror-inspiring
terror-breeding
terror-fraught
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To mold into a rigidly conventional pattern.
To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
To alarm, frighten, or surprise suddenly.
To render unable to move; to immobilize.
To cause to become numb.
To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.
To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror.
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The definition of frighten is to cause fear or to make someone afraid or anxious.
To render less intense, sensitive, or vigorous:
To daze is defined as to confuse someone or to make him unable to react or think properly.
The definition of appall means to invoke feelings of offense, surprise, fear or terror.
To fill with alarm or anxious concern.
The definition of clarify is to make something more clear or easier to understand.
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To wither is to shrivel up, to become dry, or to weaken and droop.
To make numb, especially by cold.
To apply jewels to; stud:
indurating
To become firmly fixed or established.
To become solid, rigid, callous, etc.
To preserve (meat or other foods, for example) by extracting the moisture.
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To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body.
melting (antonym)
The definition of melt is to turn from a solid to liquid as a result of exposure to heat.
softening (antonym)
(Intransitive) To become soft or softer
comforting (antonym)
To give a sense of ease to
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calming (antonym)
To calm means to soothe and pacify someone to make him free of stress, or to become free of stress yourself.
affecting (related)
The definition of affect means to produce a change in something.
Find another word for petrifying. In this page you can discover 38 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for petrifying, like: terrorful, terror-giving, terror-striking, terror-bringing, terror-inspiring, terror-breeding, terror-fraught, ossifying, stunning, startling and paralyzing.