petrifying (root: petrify)

POS

Verb (usu participle)

HYPHEN

pet=ri=fy=ing

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective petrifying has 1 sense

petrifying(s = adj.all) Array - paralyzing with terror; Array

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THESAURUS

petrifying

bloodcurdling, hair-raising, hardening, indurative, paralyzing, petrifactive, stunning, stupefying, terrifying, terror, terror-bearing, terror-breathing, terror-breeding, terror-bringing, terror-fraught, terror-giving, terror-inspiring, terror-striking, terrorful, terroristic, toughening

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