stock still
Not moving whatsoever
Completely motionless, as if frozen in place.
The phrase emphasizes absolute stillness—not merely quiet or calm, but without any movement at all: The deer stood stock still when it heard us approach.
Stock here is an intensifier meaning "completely" or "utterly," related to the rigidity of wooden stocks.
Also spelled stock-still.
motionlessness
Solidified by extreme cold
- rootedFirmly established in place
- stationaryNot in motion
- unmovingLacking any motion
- immobileUnable to shift
anchored · fixed · rigid · paralyzed · petrified · statuesque · inert · transfixed
frozen
Solidified by extreme cold
- rootedFirmly established in place
- stationaryNot in motion
- unmovingLacking any motion
immobile · anchored · fixed · rigid · paralyzed · petrified · statuesque · inert · transfixed · halted