10 Letter Words for Petrifying
petrifying
9 Letter Words for Petrifying
fingertip
8 Letter Words for Petrifying
gentrify, reifying, retyping, typifier
7 Letter Words for Petrifying
fingery, igniter, niftier, nigrify, nitrify, petrify, pinfire, pitying, preying, retying, rifting, ringite, tiering, tigrine
6 Letter Words for Petrifying
engirt, entify, ferity, feting, feying, figent, finery, finger, finite, finity, firing, fregit, fringe, fringy, frying, ftping, gentry, giftie, girnie, gripey, ignify, ignite, ingirt, intire, nipter, nitery, perfin, periti, pernyi, pfenig, pieing, pifine, pignet, pinery, pinger, pinier, pinite, pirnie, pirnit, pitier, prying, pterin, pyeing, pyrite, regift, riping, terpin, tiepin, tigery, tinger, tinier, tiring, trigyn, tripey, trying, tyeing, typier, typing
5 Letter Words for Petrifying
egypt, entry, ering, feign, feint, ferny, fient, fieri, fiery, finer, freit, genii, genip, genit, genty, gerip, ginep, girny, grein, greit, grief, grift, grint, gripe, gript, gripy, grype, grypt, gynie, ifint, ifrit, inept, inert, infer, infit, inger, inter, iring, nepit, nifty, niger, niter, nitry, perit, perty, petri, piert, piety, piing, piner, piney, pinge, pinte, pirny, preif, prent, prief, prine, print, refit, regin, reify, reign, renig, repin, retin, retip, rifte, rifty, ringe, ringy, ripen, tiger, tinge, tingi, tiyin, treif, trine, tripe, tripy, tying, typer, yrent
4 Letter Words for Petrifying
eiry, engr, entr, epit, erin, feni, fent, fern, fier, fine, fini, fire, firn, firy, fren, fret, frey, frig, frit, gein, geir, geit, gent, gery, gien, gift, gire, giri, girn, girt, gite, gren, gret, grin, grip, grit, gyne, gype, gyre, gyri, gyte, init, inti, intr, irpe, iter, neif, neti, nief, nife, nyet, peng, peni, pent, perf, peri, pern, pert, pien, pier, piet, pine, ping, pint, pirn, pity, pref, pret, prey, prie, prig, prin, pyet, pyin, pyne, pyre, reft, regt, reif, rein, reit, rent, reny, rept, rgen, rife, rift, rine, ring, ripe, ript, rite, ryen, ryfe, rynt, rype, teng, terf, tern, terp, tien, tier, tige, tine, ting, tiny, tipe, tire, trey, trie, trig, trin, trip, trye, tryp, tyer, tyin, tyne, type, yeni, yern, yeti, yipe, yirn, yite
3 Letter Words for Petrifying
eft, eir, eng, epi, erf, erg, ern, ert, ety, eyn, eyr, fei, fen, fer, fet, fey, fgn, fie, fig, fin, fip, fir, fit, frg, fri, frt, fry, ftp, gen, ger, get, gey, gie, gif, gin, git, gnp, grf, gry, gte, gye, gyn, gyp, ife, ign, inf, ing, int, ipr, ire, nef, neg, nei, nep, net, nie, nig, nip, nit, nye, peg, pen, per, pet, pfg, pie, pig, pin, pir, pit, pre, prf, prn, pry, pte, ptg, pty, pye, pyr, ref, reg, rei, rep, rie, rif, rig, rin, rip, rit, rpt, rte, rti, rye, tef, teg, ten, ter, tfr, tgn, tie, tig, tin, tip, tng, tpi, trf, tri, trp, try, tye, tyg, typ, tyr, yen, yep, yer, yet, yin, yip
Definitions for Petrifying
[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 Petrifying
petrifydumbfound, transfix, appall, astound, startle, astonish, daze, stupefy, horrify, terrify, set, harden, clarify, solidify, calcify, mineralize, lapidify, fossilize, paralyze, immobilize
Words nearby Petrifying
petrifypetrichor, petrie, petrifaction, petrified forest, petrified forest national park, petrify, petrillo, petrine, petrinism, petro, petro-
Origin of Petrifying
From the Middle French word petrifier, dating back to 1585–95. See petri-, -fy
Other words from Petrifying
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 Petrifying
C16: from French pétrifier, ultimately from Greek petra stone, rock
Synonyms for Petrifying
calcify, clarify, fossilize, harden, lapidify, mineralize, set, solidify, turn to stone
