What part of speech is petrified?

Petrified can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. petrified is a verb, past participle of petrify (infinitive).
  • 2. petrified is a verb, past simple of petrify (infinitive).
  • 3. petrified is an adjective, not comparable.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • Not comparable
    Not comparable
  • Positive: petrified 
  • Comparative: Not comparable
  • Superlative: Not comparable

What does petrified mean?

Definitions

Adjective

petrified - Extremely afraid.

Verb

petrify - cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"
petrify - make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
petrify - change into stone; "the wood petrified with time"

Examples of petrified

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Tom looked petrified.
2. adj. Tom looks petrified.
3. adj. I was petrified.
4. adj. He was almost petrified with terror.
5. adj. They're petrified with fear.
6. adj. Tom was petrified.
7. adj. Sami looked petrified.
8. adj. Petrified trees in Yellowstone are the result of volcanic debris flows that occurred about 50 million years ago.
9. adj. Scientists from all over the world visit Petrified Forest in order to study the fossils from the park.
10. adj. Collection of plants, rocks, petrified wood, fossils, archeological objects or other materials is illegal anywhere in the park.
11. adj. Sami was petrified.
12. adj. I'm too petrified to speak.
13. adj. With some foreboding, we entered the petrified forest.
14. adj. Yanni was petrified.
15. verb Slogans petrify our thinking.
Sentence  
adj.
Tom looked petrified.
Tom looks petrified.
I was petrified.
He was almost petrified with terror.
They're petrified with fear.
Tom was petrified.
Sami looked petrified.
Petrified trees in Yellowstone are the result of volcanic debris flows that occurred about 50 million years ago.
Scientists from all over the world visit Petrified Forest in order to study the fossils from the park.
Collection of plants, rocks, petrified wood, fossils, archeological objects or other materials is illegal anywhere in the park.
Sami was petrified.
I'm too petrified to speak.
With some foreboding, we entered the petrified forest.
Yanni was petrified.
verb
Slogans petrify our thinking.

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