petrified
Turned to stone
Petrified has two meanings united by the image of turning to stone.
Organic material becomes petrified when minerals replace its original structure over millennia: petrified wood, a petrified forest.
A person who is petrified is paralyzed by fear, frozen in place as if turned to stone: I was petrified when I heard footsteps behind me.
Solidified by extreme cold
- paralyzedUnable to move voluntarily
- panic-strickenOverwhelmed by intense fear
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
fear · terror · frightened · scared · alarmed · aghast · rooted · immobilized
Preserved ancient organism
- mineralizedInfused with inorganic compounds
- preservedKept from deterioration
- ancientVery old indeed
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
paleontology · amber · trilobite · dinosaur · Jurassic · specimen · sediment · excavation
Made tough or unfeeling
- rockSolid earthen material
- mineralNaturally formed crystalline solid
- crystallizedFormed solid structure
- calcificationMineral hardening of tissue
solidified · granite · lithified · rigid · dense · transformed · silicate · opalized
frozen
Solidified by extreme cold
- paralyzedUnable to move voluntarily
- panic-strickenOverwhelmed by intense fear
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
dread · fear · terror · frightened · scared · alarmed · aghast · rooted · immobilized · speechless
fossil
Preserved ancient organism
- mineralizedInfused with inorganic compounds
- preservedKept from deterioration
- ancientVery old indeed
prehistoric · paleontology · amber · trilobite · dinosaur · Jurassic · specimen · sediment · excavation · hardened
hardened
Made tough or unfeeling
- rockSolid earthen material
- mineralNaturally formed crystalline solid
- crystallizedFormed solid structure
calcification · solidified · granite · lithified · rigid · dense · transformed · silicate · opalized · gemstone
- fearfear, dread, afraid, fright, frightened
- fear reactionsscream, scared, gasp, terrified, flinch
- hardenedhardened, solidified, fossilized, calcified, mineralized
- stillnessstillness, motionless, motionlessness, immobility, unmoving
- geologicaligneous, metamorphic, sedimentary, volcanic, tectonic
- status effectsdebuffed, poison, hexed, burn, cursed
petrifiedfearless
Lacking any apprehension
brave · bold · courageous · unafraid · calm
- petrified woodMineralized tree fossils
- petrified forestsTrees mineralized over millennia