petrifying
About 0.05 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Causing immense fear; extremely scary
The idea of speaking in front of such a large audience was petrifying.
- verb present participle and gerund of petrify
Similar words
alarming soul-shaking terrible dreaded breath-catching feared terrifying terrified terrific scared to death
Often followed by
the quality springs spring gaze and power effect it
Word family
petrifyingly
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