EGAVE

petrified

About 0.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Having undergone the process of petrification (transformation into a stony substance); turned to stone.
  2. adjective Extremely afraid.
  3. verb simple past and past participle of petrify

Similar words

afraid hard numb mineralized mineral scared frightened scary hardened cast

Often followed by

forest wood with by in and into of man

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