Petrifaction [noun]
Definition of Petrifaction:
daze, unconsciousness
Synonyms of Petrifaction:
● Coma
● Trance
● Slumber
● Inertness
● Lethargy
● Sleep
● Languor
● Anesthesia
● Swoon
● Stupefaction
● Torpor
● Insensibility
● Hebetude
● Amazement
● Inertia
● Bewilderment
● Numbness
● Dullness
● Apathy
● Lassitude
● Suspended animation
● Narcosis
● Sopor
● Somnolence
● Asphyxia
● Hypnosis
● Fainting
● Swooning
Opposite/Antonyms of Petrifaction:
● Interest
● Liveliness
● Life
● Activity
● Wakefulness
● Sensibility
● Consciousness
Sentence/Example of Petrifaction:
I stood there like a petrifaction—looking after him, vacant and motionless.
As for Rollin, he became, and remained for some time, a petrifaction of amazement.
Something like a petrifaction of her wildest face was shown.
Petrifaction awaits all these glowing metaphors of early time.
A petrifaction of a fish's head, for old United States coins.
The petrifaction of Karaism is illustrated by an event in European Turkey.
I know cases of petrifaction like that—and God preserve anyone that I love from it!
Zoolithus, the petrifaction of an animal of the class Mammalia.
For a moment Lawrence stood silent and cold in a petrifaction of anger.
Perhaps the process might be more aptly called one of petrifaction.