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- Dictionarystupefy/ˈstjuːpɪfʌɪ/
verb
- 1. make (someone) unable to think or feel properly: "the offence of administering drugs to a woman with intent to stupefy her" Similar
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STUPEFY definition: 1. to make someone unable to think clearly, usually because they are extremely tired or have taken…. Learn more.
The meaning of STUPEFY is to make stupid, groggy, or insensible. How to use stupefy in a sentence.
If something stupefies you, it shocks or surprises you so much that you cannot think properly for a while. [formal] ...a violent slap on the side of the head, which stunned and stupefied him. [VERB noun] Synonyms: astound, shock, amaze, astonish More Synonyms of stupefy. stupefied adjective.
STUPEFY meaning: 1. to make someone unable to think clearly, usually because they are extremely tired or have taken…. Learn more.
Stupefy looks a lot like stupid. But intelligence has nothing to do with being stupefied, which comes from Latin and means "to make stunned." Anyone can be stupefied by something scary, mysterious, or just plain remarkable.
stupefy somebody to surprise or shock somebody; to make somebody unable to think clearly He was stupefied by the amount they had spent. She was stupefied with cold.
What does the verb stupefy mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb stupefy , one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
'Stupefy' means to cause someone to be shocked, stunned, or bewildered, often to the point of being unable to think or act coherently. The etymology of 'stupefy' effectively conveys the idea of rendering someone mentally incapacitated, as if they were in a state of amazement or shock.
unable to think clearly, usually because someone is extremely tired or bored, or has taken drugs: Stupefied by tiredness, she just sat in front of the fire. As they slept in a stupefied state, someone stole all their belongings. Fewer examples.
1. To cause (someone) to be unable to think clearly or be sensitive to the surroundings; daze: was stupefied by the toxic gas. 2. To amaze; astonish: a race that stupefied the fans. [Middle English stupefien, from Old French stupefier, from Latin stupefacere : stupēre, to be stunned + facere, to make; see fact.] stu′pe·fi′er n.
