petrifies in English

verb

1

make (someone) so frightened that they are unable to move or think.

his icy controlled quietness petrified her

synonyms: terrify, horrify, frighten, scare, scare/frighten to death, scare/frighten the living daylights out of, scare/frighten the life out of, strike terror into, put the fear of God into, paralyze, transfix, scare the pants off, scare the bejesus out of

2

change (organic matter) into a stony concretion by encrusting or replacing its original substance with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit.

The chemical components used to artificially petrify wood can be found in natural settings around volcanoes and within sedimentary strata.

verb

terrify, horrify, frighten, scare, scare/frighten to death, scare/frighten the living daylights out of, scare/frighten the life out of, strike terror into, put the fear of God into, paralyze, transfix, scare the pants off, scare the bejesus out of
lapidify
rigidify, ossify

Use "petrifies" in a sentence

1. Just the thought of making a speech petrifies me.

2. Prison petrifies me and I don't want to go there.

3. 17 Prison petrifies me and I don't want to go there.

4. Two millennia ago, a Lybian king has a Basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which petrifies people, subjected to the same fate with a golden scepter during a solar eclipse