how to pronounce petrified

/ˈpɛtɹəˌfaɪd/

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petrified is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of petrified in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… that's for everyone who's petrified of …”

meanings of petrified

adjective:

Extremely afraid.

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of petrify.

petrified frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word petrified occurs in english on average 1.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics petrified can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that petrified can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;

2) people, society, and culture;