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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
stupefy \stu"pefy\, v. t. imp. p. p. stupefied; p. pr.
vb. n. stupefying. f. stup'efier, fr. l. stupere to be
stupefied + ficare in comp. to make, akin to facere. see
stupid, fact, and cf. stupefacient. written also
stupify, especially in england.
1. to make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of
perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility;
to make torpid.
1913 webster
the fumes of drink discompose and stupefy the brain.
--south.
1913 webster
2. to deprive of material mobility. obs.
1913 webster
it is not malleable; but yet is not fluent, but
stupefied. --bacon.
1913 webster
see also:
stupefied stupefying stupid fact stupefacient stupify
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
stupefy
v 1: make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or
infatuation syn: besot
2: be a mystery or bewildering to; "this beats me"; "got me--i
don't know the answer"; "a vexing problem"; "this
question really stuck me" syn: perplex, vex, stick,
get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder,
flummox, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
3: make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"
syn: stun
also: stupefied
see also:
besot perplex vex stick get puzzle
mystify baffle beat pose bewilder
flummox nonplus gravel amaze dumbfound
stun stupefied
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
66 moby thesaurus words for "stupefy":
ko, addle, amaze, anesthetize, appall, astonish, astound, awe,
awestrike, bedaze, bedazzle, bemuse, benumb, besot, bewilder,
blunt, boggle, bowl down, bowl over, chloroform, coldcock,
confound, daze, dazzle, deaden, desensitize, dope, drug, dull,
dumbfound, dumbfounder, etherize, faze, flabbergast, freeze,
hebetate, horrify, kayo, knock out, knock senseless, knock stiff,
knock unconscious, lay out, narcotize, nonplus, numb, obtund,
overwhelm, palsy, paralyze, perplex, petrify, put to sleep, rattle,
scare stiff, scare to death, shock, stagger, startle, strike dead,
strike dumb, strike terror into, strike with wonder, stun,
surprise, terrify
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