to stupefy
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7.9
- verb
- /ˈstuːpəˌfaɪ/
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- The magician's trick was so impressive that the audience sat stupefied in their seats, unable to react.
- stupefied look
- stupefied amazement
- stupefied face
Examples
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She was stupefied by the shocking news and couldn't find the words to respond.
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Photos of the grown-ups after each baby came showed them all draped over the furniture, stupefied and vacant with fatigue.
Fiction book (1994) -
I think your mother reads to you every night in order to stupefy you to sleep.
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Her students would become stupefied by her scent and lose track of their movements.
Fiction book (1999) -
For a moment, it stopped; we stood in stupefied silence.
Fiction book (1997) -
We stand under a swollen sun, stupefied by grief.
Fiction book (1999) -
And as with the one other person I had told, she was stupefied with horror and hilarity.
Blog text (7) -
In reality, I was practically stupefied with astonishment for at least two days.
Blog text (22) -
But as he nears her, he slows until he is standing, staring, stupefied.
Fiction book (1996) -
The jury listens like a gallery of mannequins on display, pale-faced and stupefied.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
321
7.8
To make someone feel confused or unsure
294
1.0
To surprise someone very much
266
5.3
Stop a person or system from moving and acting
202
2.1
To cause someone to feel sudden surprise and distress
73
4.9
To make someone feel confused when something is hard to understand
65
5.3
To make someone very confused and unable to understand
35
6.3
To make someone confused and unable to understand
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5.3
Make someone very confused and unable to think clearly
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6.5
To make someone confused by making something seem mysterious
17
7.0
To surprise someone so much that they cannot speak or answer
11
7.8
To make someone very confused so they cannot think clearly
11
3.0
To surprise someone so much they cannot react for a short time
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8.6
To confuse someone so they do not know what to do or think
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3.8
Surprise someone very much
7
4.8
To make someone so frightened that they cannot move or think
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9.9
To confuse someone so they cannot think clearly
3
3.9
To suddenly stop moving or speaking because you are surprised
3
5.5
To make someone nervous so they cannot think clearly
2
7.2
To make someone unable to speak because they are very surprised or shocked
2
8.1
To surprise someone suddenly and very strongly
2
4.3
To make someone confused and unable to think clearly
1
8.8
To be so surprised that you almost cannot react
Surprise and confuse a person so they do not know what to do
To make someone unable to think clearly because they are very in love or drunk
To annoy or puzzle someone
Antonyms
How Stunned
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7.0
9
7.9
11
3.0
202
2.1
∞
1.0
131
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
stupefy = stupor (semi-transparent) = stupe + fy
The suffix '-fy' is productive meaning 'make (be)', but the stem 'stupe-' is not a standalone modern English word; the related word 'stupor' provides the nearest recognizable basis for learners.
Etymology
Stupefy comes from the old Latin verb stupere, which meant 'to be numb or stunned' and is the same root behind English words like stupid and stupor. So to stupefy someone is to leave them so shocked, amazed, or dull that they cannot think or react.