Fear · common

petrified

Fear that turned to stone: too scared to move at all.

On the face
A pale, locked face that has stopped changing.
Ink recipe
happy 100 · afraid 90 · angry 80 · surprised 40 · disgusted 40 · sad 10 · suppression 35
Open in the mixer

More on being petrified

So scared you have turned to stone. Petrified comes straight from the Greek for 'rock', the freeze response taken literally: too afraid to move a single muscle.

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