stupefy
/'stju:pifai/
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Definition
- Verb (transitive):
- To cause someone to become unable to think clearly or react normally, often due to shock, surprise, or the influence of a substance like alcohol or drugs. It implies inducing a state of mental numbness or bewilderment.
- To overwhelm with amazement or shock; to astound.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
Advanced Usage
- "to be stupefied by/at something": To be in a state of stunned amazement or confusion because of something.
- "to stupefy someone into silence/inactivity": To shock or overwhelm someone so much that they become silent or unable to act.
Variants and Related Words
- Stupefaction (noun): The state of being stupefied; overwhelming amazement.
- Stupefying (adjective): Causing stupefaction; astonishingly overwhelming.
Synonyms
- Stun: To shock or overwhelm so as to make temporarily unable to react.
- Bewilder: To cause someone to become perplexed and confused.
- Daze: To stun or stupefy, especially by a blow or shock.
- Befuddle: To make someone unable to think clearly; to confuse.
Phrasal Verbs / Common Constructions
(This word is not typically used in phrasal verb constructions. Its meaning is conveyed through direct usage with an object.)
Related Idioms
- None directly associated with the base word "stupefy." (Common idioms often use the related forms like "in stupefaction" or "a stupefying effect.")
Verb
- make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
- stun fish
- 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
- make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation