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petrifying

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The water has also a petrifying quality, covering every substance that it passes over with a hard white stony substance.

The longing for a real heart-to-heart friendship had been on one side only; that was the first, and most petrifying revelation.

The Duchess is reduced to speechlessness, and takes refuge in a petrifying stare.

Calcareous tuf consists of similar incrustations made by petrifying rivulets running over mud, sand, vegetable remains, &c.

Something in me had suddenly turned stony, like a plant plunged in petrifying water.

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On this page you'll find 195 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to petrifying, such as: alarming, astounding, awful, dire, disheartening, and dreadful.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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