Hyphenation of petrifying

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word petrifying? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

pet-ri-fy-ing

Definitions of petrifying:

1.	Paralyzing with terror

Synonyms of petrifying:

adj	alarming

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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