What does petrific mean?
Petrific means (now rare) Petrifying, turning into stone; petrifactive..
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/pəˈtɹɪf.ɪk/ · adjective
(now rare) Petrifying, turning into stone; petrifactive..
Death with his mace petrific, cold and dry.
“Sir!” cried Mr. Delvile, with a look meant to be nothing less than petrific.
Use petrific when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Petrific means (now rare) Petrifying, turning into stone; petrifactive..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Death with his mace petrific, cold and dry.
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