petrified

CEFRC1

/pˈɛtrəˌfaɪd/

adjective

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Extremely afraid.
simple past and past participle of petrify
Having undergone the process of petrification (transformation into a stony substance); turned to stone.

In context

They're petrified with fear.
On Yule-eve alone can petrified Giants receive back their life for the space of seven hours, if one of their race embraces them, and is, at the same time, willing to sacrifice a hundred years of their own life.

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On Yule-eve alone can petrified Giants receive back their life for the space of seven hours, if one of their race embraces them, and is, at the same time, willing to sacrifice a hundred years of their own life.
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 218
Entering Avebury from any direction is like stepping back into the past. Before the centre of the village is reached, the road passes through an immense circle of brooding stones which stand like petrified ghosts of an age about which little is known.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 40

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