Synonyms for petrified
pet·ri·fied

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1. scared

   really frightened/your shivering to much, slang.

   Submitted by anonymous on February 24, 2020  

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1. List of paraphrases for "petrified":

   hardened

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1. Rebecca Weinstock:

   I'm petrified of returning.

2. Raj Peter Bhakta:

   There was part of me that was petrified. These are rich and powerful people who threatened me with ruin. No rational person wouldn’t take that threat seriously. On the other hand, I thought about what I was fighting for, this is my farm, where I live with my two daughters and my pregnant wife. This is not just a business, this is not some piece of dirt, like a mall, some piece of real estate, this is my home. I have put my heart and soul into this. I have gotten our employees to buy into a long-term vision of creating the finest whiskey company in the world and I felt like I needed to fight for that, for this being the right thing for our society and civilization, as opposed to gangster capitalism.

3. James Gavin:

   He was heartbroken, george knew what it was like to be relentlessly hounded by the press… The poignancy of her passing at such a young age really did rock his world. He was also deeply affected by Whitney Houston’s death [in 2012]. He was petrified that he might end up the same way that Whitney did. And in fact, that pretty much happened.

4. Jennifer Slone:

   I was petrified, i thought this was it, this was the end.

5. Donald Trump:

   I mean. All of the men, we’re petrified to speak to women anymore. We may raise our voice, you know what? The women get it better than we do folks. They get it better than we do. If she didn’t play that card, she has nothing.