petrified
adjective (FRIGHTENED) /ˈpet.rə.faɪd/Definition
B2 extremely frightened: I stood petrified as the most enormous dog I've ever seen came bounding up to me. She's petrified of being on her own in the house at night.Afraid
(Definition of petrified adjective (FRIGHTENED) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- afraid adjective (FEAR)
- be like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlights idiom
- bottle out phrasal verb
- cower verb
- fear for sb/sth phrasal verb
- fear noun
- fear the worst idiom
- fear verb
- fearfully adverb
- horror-struck adjective
- in terror of your life idiom
- intimidated adjective
- panic verb
- panic-stricken adjective
- panicky adjective
- shell-shocked adjective
- shit a brick idiom
- shit verb
- terrified adjective
- terror-stricken adjective
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