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Showing words for PETRIFY using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Petrify

petrify

6 Letter Words for Petrify

ferity, pyrite, tripey, typier

5 Letter Words for Petrify

fiery, freit, perit, perty, petri, piert, piety, preif, prief, refit, reify, retip, rifte, rifty, treif, tripe, tripy, typer

4 Letter Words for Petrify

eiry, epit, fier, fire, firy, fret, frey, frit, irpe, iter, perf, peri, pert, pier, piet, pity, pref, pret, prey, prie, pyet, pyre, reft, reif, reit, rept, rife, rift, ripe, ript, rite, ryfe, rype, terf, terp, tier, tipe, tire, trey, trie, trip, trye, tryp, tyer, type, yeti, yipe, yite

3 Letter Words for Petrify

eft, eir, epi, erf, ert, ety, eyr, fei, fer, fet, fey, fie, fip, fir, fit, fri, frt, fry, ftp, ife, ipr, ire, per, pet, pie, pir, pit, pre, prf, pry, pte, pty, pye, pyr, ref, rei, rep, rie, rif, rip, rit, rpt, rte, rti, rye, tef, ter, tfr, tie, tip, tpi, trf, tri, trp, try, tye, typ, tyr, yep, yer, yet, yip

Definitions for Petrify

[1] to convert into stone or a stony substance.
[2] to benumb or paralyze with astonishment, horror, or other strong emotion: I was petrified with fear.
[3] to make rigid or inert; harden; deaden: The tragedy in his life petrified his emotions.
[4] to become petrified.
[5] (tr; often passive) to convert (organic material, esp plant material) into a fossilized form by impregnation with dissolved minerals so that the original appearance is preserved
[6] to make or become dull, unresponsive, insensitive, etc; deaden
[7] (tr; often passive) to stun or daze with horror, fear, etc

Words related to Petrify

dumbfound, transfix, appall, astound, startle, astonish, daze, stupefy, horrify, terrify, set, harden, clarify, solidify, calcify, mineralize, lapidify, fossilize, paralyze, immobilize

Words nearby Petrify

petrichor, petrie, petrifaction, petrified forest, petrified forest national park, petrify, petrillo, petrine, petrinism, petro, petro-

Origin of Petrify

From the Middle French word petrifier, dating back to 1585–95. See petri-, -fy

Other words from Petrify

pet·ri·fi·a·ble , adjective
pe·trif·i·cant [pi-trif -i-kuh nt] /pɪˈtrɪf ɪ kənt/ , adjective
pet·ri·fi·er , noun
half-pet·ri·fied , adjective
sem·i·pet·ri·fied , adjective
un·pet·ri·fied , adjective
un·pet·ri·fy·ing , adjective

Word origin for Petrify

C16: from French pétrifier, ultimately from Greek petra stone, rock

Synonyms for Petrify

calcify, clarify, fossilize, harden, lapidify, mineralize, set, solidify, turn to stone