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petrify
[pe-truh-fahy] 
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petrify
[pe-truh-fahy]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make hard |
| Synonyms: | calcify, clarify, fossilize, harden, lapidify, mineralize, set, solidify, turn to stone |
| Antonyms: | melt, soften |
| Main Entry: | appall/appal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | horrify |
| Synonyms: | alarm, amaze, astound, awe, consternate, daunt, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, faze, frighten, get to, gross out, insult, intimidate, outrage, petrify, scare, shake, shock, terrify, throw, unnerve |
| Antonyms: | comfort, encourage, reassure, satisfy |
| Main Entry: | daze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, shock |
| Synonyms: | addle, amaze, astonish, astound, befog, befuddle, benumb, bewilder, blind, blur, confound, dazzle, disorder, distract, dizzy, dumbfound, flabbergast, fuddle, mix up, muddle, mystify, numb, overpower, overwhelm, paralyze, perplex, petrify, puzzle, rock, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy, surprise |
| Antonyms: | expect |
| Main Entry: | frighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shock, scare |
| Synonyms: | affright, agitate, alarm, appall, astound, awe, browbeat, bulldoze, chill, chill to the bone, cow, curdle the blood, daunt, demoralize, deter, disburb, discomfort, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, dismay, disquiet, faze, horrify, intimidate, make blood run cold, make teeth chatter, panic, perturb, petrify, repel, scare away, scare off, scare to death, spook, startle, stiff, strike terror into, terrify, terrorize, unhinge, unnerve |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, exhilarate, gladden |
| Main Entry: | harden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become solid |
| Synonyms: | amalgamate, anneal, bake, brace, buttress, cake, calcify, callous, cement, close, clot, coagulate, compact, congeal, consolidate, contract, crystallize, curdle, densify, dry, firm, fix, fortify, fossilize, freeze, gird, indurate, jell, nerve, ossify, petrify, precipitate, press, reinforce, set, settle, solidify, starch, steel, stiffen, strengthen, temper, thicken, toughen, vitrify |
| Antonyms: | liquefy, melt, soften |
| Main Entry: | horrify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scare |
| Synonyms: | affright, alarm, appall, chill off, consternate, daunt, disgust, dismay, frighten, intimidate, outrage, petrify, scare to death, shake, shock, sicken, terrify, terrorize |
| Antonyms: | delight, make happy, please |
| Main Entry: | ossify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become hard from aging |
| Synonyms: | congeal, fossilize, freeze, harden, indurate, petrify, solidify, stiffen, thicken, turn to bone |
| Antonyms: | melt, soften |
| Main Entry: | paralyze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | immobilize |
| Synonyms: | anesthetize, appall, arrest, astound, bemuse, benumb, bring to grinding halt, close, daunt, daze, deaden, debilitate, demolish, destroy, disable, disarm, enfeeble, freeze, halt, incapacitate, knock out, lame, make inert, make nerveless, nonplus, numb, palsy, petrify, prostrate, shut down, stop dead, stun, stupefy, transfix, weaken |
| Antonyms: | incite, mobilize, stimulate |
| Main Entry: | scare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frighten someone |
| Synonyms: | affright, alarm, awe, chill, daunt, dismay, freeze, give a fright, give a turn, intimidate, panic, paralyze, petrify, scare silly, scare stiff, scare the pants off, shake up, shock, spook, startle, strike terror in, terrify, terrorize |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, reassure, soothe |
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