PETRIFY Antonyms

• belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings

• endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life

• endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness

• heighten or intensify

• give lifelike qualities to

• make lively

• give new life or energy to

• cause to become awake or conscious

• stop sleeping

• make aware

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to

• spur on

• cause to be alert and energetic

• raise to a higher energy level

• heighten or intensify

• make lively

• fill with sublime emotion

• heighten or intensify

• give life or energy to

• make lively

• impart vigor, strength, or vitality to

• cause to regain consciousness

• give new life or energy to

• be brought back to life, consciousness, or strength

• restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state

• return to consciousness

• act as a stimulant

• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

• stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

• cause to be alert and energetic

• cause to occur rapidly

• stir feelings in

• provide the needed stimulus for

• give life to

• make more lively or vigorous