Synonyms for petrifaction
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pe-truh-fak-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌpɛ trəˈfæk ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for petrifaction Other synonyms for the word petrifaction
- abstraction
- amazement
- anesthesia
- apathy
- asphyxia
- bewilderment
- catalepsy
- catatonia
- daze
- deposit
- dream
- dullness
- ecstasy
- eolith
- fainting
- glaze
- hebetude
- hypnosis
- impression
- inertia
- inertness
- insensibility
- languor
- lassitude
- lethargy
- muse
- narcosis
- neolith
- numbness
- paleolith
- petrifaction
- reconstruction
- sleep
- somnolence
- sopor
- spell
- study
- stupefaction
- suspended animation
- swoon
- swooning
- torpor
- transfixion
- transfixture
- unconsciousness
Définition of petrifaction
Origin :- early 15c., "action or process of hardening," from petrify on model of satisfaction, etc.
- As in stupor : noun daze, unconsciousness
- As in trance : noun hypnotic state
- As in fossil : noun organic remains of a previous time
- I stood there like a petrifaction—looking after him, vacant and motionless.
- Extract from : « Peter Schlemihl » by Adelbert von Chamisso
- As for Rollin, he became, and remained for some time, a petrifaction of amazement.
- Extract from : « The Red Man's Revenge » by R.M. Ballantyne
- Something like a petrifaction of her wildest face was shown.
- Extract from : « The Amazing Marriage, Complete » by George Meredith
- Petrifaction awaits all these glowing metaphors of early time.
- Extract from : « Demonology and Devil-lore » by Moncure Daniel Conway
- A petrifaction of a fish's head, for old United States coins.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, May 17, 1881 » by Various
- The petrifaction of Karaism is illustrated by an event in European Turkey.
- Extract from : « History of the Jews, Vol. IV (of VI) » by Heinrich Graetz
- I know cases of petrifaction like that—and God preserve anyone that I love from it!
- Extract from : « Three Dramas » by Bjrnstjerne M. Bjrnson
- Zoolithus, the petrifaction of an animal of the class Mammalia.
- Extract from : « Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnus » by William MacGillivray
- For a moment Lawrence stood silent and cold in a petrifaction of anger.
- Extract from : « The Portal of Dreams » by Charles Neville Buck
- Perhaps the process might be more aptly called one of petrifaction.
- Extract from : « Mercy Philbrick's Choice » by Helen Hunt Jackson
Antonyms for petrifaction
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