How do you say petrify in English? Pronunciation of petrify in English, a free online English pronunciation dictionary.
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Pronounce Petrify as P EH T R IY F Y.
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Continue readingto scare someone into inaction
petrify(verb)cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned
"The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"
lapidify, petrify(verb)change into stone
"the wood petrified with time"
rigidify, ossify, petrify(verb)make rigid and set into a conventional pattern
"rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitalitygroupthink and peer pressure have so petrified the thinking of the company's top brass that they haven't produced an innovative product in years
1. The scary zombie is sure to petrify young haunted house visitors.
2. The terrorist group tries to petrify the public by showing gruesome videos.
3. The mobster knew the warning would petrify the witness into changing his testimony.
4. When the kidnappers mailed the bloody finger, they hoped to petrify the hostage’s family into not going to the police.
5. Because heights petrify me, I will never get on a plane.
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