petrified

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

1. Converted into stone.

2. Converted into a mineral; as, petrified wood. Syn. — mineralized.

3. Same as terrified; as, petrified by the sight of the approaching bear. Syn. — panicky, panic-stricken, panic-struck, terrified, frightened.

4. rendered unable to act due to intense fear. petrified with fear Syn. — frozen.

5. Rendered lifeless or inactive; as, an imagination petrified by habitual television viewing. Syn. — frozen; ossified.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC, GCIDE editors, WordNet 1.5