ossified
Turned to stone
Ossified means turned to bone, or hardened like bone.
The literal sense describes cartilage or tissue becoming bony through calcium deposits.
Figuratively, ossified describes systems, institutions, or thinking that have become rigid and resistant to change: ossified bureaucracies, ossified traditions.
A person with ossified views is inflexible, stuck in old patterns.
In British and Irish slang, ossified means extremely drunk.
No longer in use
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
bygone · dated · anachronistic · relic · dinosaur · fossilized · antediluvian · musty
Hard skeletal tissue
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- calcifiedHardened by calcium deposits
- mineralizationConversion to mineral form
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
calcium · phosphate · cartilage · fossilized · petrified · apatite · osteoblast · osteocyte
Without motion or change
- unchangingNot varying at all
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
- dormantInactive but capable
- inertInactive, physically or chemically
stasis · deadlocked · moribund · atrophied · sclerotic · fossilized · stuck · arrested
Unable to bend
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- stiffNot easily bent
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
immovable · fixed · intransigent · adamant · obstinate · uncompromising · implacable · intractable
Solidified or fear-paralyzed
- remainsContinues in place
- bonesRigid internal support structure
- paleontologyStudy of ancient organisms
- excavationAct of unearthing
sediment · strata · prehistoric · ancient · archaeology · geology · amber · imprints
outdated
No longer in use
old-fashioned · bygone · dated · anachronistic · relic · dinosaur · fossilized · antediluvian · musty · hidebound
bone
Hard skeletal tissue
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- calcifiedHardened by calcium deposits
- mineralizationConversion to mineral form
hardened · calcium · phosphate · cartilage · fossilized · petrified · apatite · osteoblast · osteocyte · collagen
static
Without motion or change
- unchangingNot varying at all
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
- dormantInactive but capable
inert · stasis · deadlocked · moribund · atrophied · sclerotic · fossilized · stuck · arrested · paralyzed
inflexible
Unable to bend
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- stiffNot easily bent
hardened · immovable · fixed · intransigent · adamant · obstinate · uncompromising · implacable · intractable · dogmatic
petrified
Solidified or fear-paralyzed
- remainsContinues in place
- bonesRigid internal support structure
- paleontologyStudy of ancient organisms
excavation · sediment · strata · prehistoric · ancient · archaeology · geology · amber · imprints · dinosaurs
- hardenedhardened, solidified, petrified, fossilized, calcified
- bone traitsdense, brittle, porous, hollow, thick
- Irish Slangcraic, eejit, gobshite, banjaxed, slagging
- stillnessstillness, motionless, motionlessness, immobility, unmoving
- texturessmoothness, smooth, soft, rough, roughness
- paleontologydinosaurs, fossil, paleontology, fossil record, dinosaur bones