 |
petrifying
Overview of verb petrify
The verb petrify has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) petrify -- (cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking")
2. lapidify, petrify -- (change into stone; "the wood petrified with time")
3. rigidify, ossify, petrify -- (make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking")
Overview of adj petrifying
The adj petrifying has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. petrifying -- (paralyzing with terror)
Antonyms of verb petrify
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb petrify
3 senses of petrify
Sense 1
petrify
=> deaden, blunt
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
lapidify, petrify
=> fossilize, fossilise
=> convert, change over
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
rigidify, ossify, petrify
=> stiffen
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb petrify
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb petrify
3 senses of petrify
Sense 1
petrify
=> deaden, blunt
Sense 2
lapidify, petrify
=> fossilize, fossilise
Sense 3
rigidify, ossify, petrify
=> stiffen
'Cause To' of verb petrify
Derived Forms of verb petrify
1 of 3 senses of petrify
Sense 2
lapidify, petrify
RELATED TO>(noun) petrifaction#1
=> petrifaction, petrification
RELATED TO>(noun) petrifaction#2
=> petrifaction
RELATED TO>(noun) petrification#1
=> petrifaction, petrification
Domain of verb petrify
Domain Terms of verb petrify
Familiarity of verb petrify
petrify used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb petrify
3 senses of petrify
Sense 1
petrify
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
lapidify, petrify
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
rigidify, ossify, petrify
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb petrify
3 senses of petrify
Sense 1
petrify
> deaden, blunt
=> obtund
=> petrify
=> dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break
Sense 2
lapidify, petrify
> fossilize, fossilise
=> lapidify, petrify
Sense 3
rigidify, ossify, petrify
> stiffen
=> starch
=> buckram
=> rigidify, ossify, petrify
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb petrify
Sense 1
petrify
=> deaden, blunt
--------------
Sense 2
lapidify, petrify
=> fossilize, fossilise
--------------
Sense 3
rigidify, ossify, petrify
=> stiffen
--------------
Grep of verb petrify
petrify
Antonyms of adj petrifying
1 sense of petrifying
Sense 1
petrifying
INDIRECT (VIA alarming) -> unalarming
Similarity of adj petrifying
1 sense of petrifying
Sense 1
petrifying
=> alarming (vs. unalarming)
Pertainyms of adj petrifying
Attributes of adj petrifying
Domain of adj petrifying
Domain Terms of adj petrifying
Familiarity of adj petrifying
petrifying used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj petrifying
petrifying
|
|
