"petrified" meaning in English

See petrified in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: petrified [positive], more petrified [comparative], most petrified [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you are petrified, you are so scared that you cannot move.
    Sense id: simple-petrified-en-adj-2hF~MYJ-

Verb

Forms: petrify [canonical], petrifies [third-person, singular], petrified [past], petrified [past, participle], petrifying [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|petrif|y}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The past tense and past participle of petrify.
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