petrifying's Usage Examples:

A petrifying well is a well or other body of water which gives objects a stone-like appearance.

The frightening features of the Gorgon, with its petrifying eyes and sharp teeth was also a popular motif to ward off evil.

the politics of conflict in the 20th century using the Gorgon and her petrifying gaze as a metaphor for the actions of the elites during wars and other.

Allyre at Clermont is known for its petrifying water, caused by calcareous deposits.

Nearby is a petrifying well, also known as a dropping well.

It is noted for having a 'petrifying spring' in a nineteenth-century gazetteer, and also a Wesleyan Chapel.

Byrna creates the masculine identity of the Snow Man and unleashes the petrifying power of blue snow upon the farming community of Fair Weather Valley,.

Gorgon Medusa; when Perseus later dropped Medusa's head on the beach, her petrifying glance turned the nearby seaweed to stone, creating the first coral.

in Europe) in The Book of Healing (1027), which proposed a theory of petrifying fluids that Albert of Saxony would elaborate on in the 14th century.

speculations in The Book of Healing by proposing that fossils are caused by petrifying fluids (succus lapidificatus).

Called petrifying springs, they are quite common in limestone districts.

cult of women and men who try to terrorize this small city, killing and petrifying several citizens in a brutal way to take control over them.

"'It is quite petrifying': designer JW Anderson on his first exhibition".

terms of vaporous exhalations, which Ibn Sina modified into the theory of petrifying fluids (succus lapidificatus), which was elaborated on by Albertus Magnus.

Victoria's party visited a pair of museums and a petrifying well.

Synonyms:

alarming;

Antonyms:

alarm; unalarming;