Usually means: Paralyze or mesmerize with fear.
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  1. gorgonize: Merriam-Webster
  2. gorgonize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. gorgonize: Wordnik
  4. gorgonize: Wiktionary
  5. gorgonize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. gorgonize: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Gorgonize, gorgonize: Dictionary.com
  8. Gorgonize: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. gorgonize: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Gorgonize: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. gorgonize: FreeDictionary.org
  12. gorgonize: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  13. gorgonize: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)

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▸ verb:  (transitive) To stupefy, paralyze or petrify.

Similar:
gorgonise, torporize, petrify, confound, amaze, boggle, soporate, pose, mesmerize, fascinate, more...

Opposite:
fascinate, captivate, enchant, mesmerize

Types:
petrify, turn to stone, more...

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Similar:
gorgonise, torporize, petrify, confound, amaze, boggle, soporate, pose, mesmerize, fascinate, more...

Opposite:
fascinate, captivate, enchant, mesmerize

Types:
petrify, turn to stone, more...



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