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stupefy

[ stoo-puh-fahy, styoo- ]

verb (used with object)

stupefied, stupefying.
  1. to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
  2. to stun, as with a narcotic, a shock, or a strong emotion.
  3. to overwhelm with amazement; astound; astonish.


stupefy

/ ˈːɪˌڲɪ /

verb

  1. to render insensitive or lethargic
  2. to confuse or astound
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٳܱˌڲ⾱Բ, adjective
  • ˈٳܱˌھ, noun
  • ˈٳܱˌڲ⾱Բly, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ٳ··ھ·Ա [stoo, -p, uh, -fahyd-nis, -fahy-id-, styoo, -], noun
  • ٳp·ھe noun
  • ٳp·ڲiԲ· adverb
  • ܲ·ٳp·ھ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of stupefy1

1590–1600; < Middle French stupefier Latin stupefacere to benumb, equivalent to stupe-, stem of ٳܱŧ to be numb or stunned + facere to make, do 1; -fy
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of stupefy1

C16: from Old French stupefier, from Latin stupefacere; see stupefacient
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The attacks were raised at First Minister's Questions by Tory MSP Jackson Carlaw, who said the school community had been left "stupefied and distressed".

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But in North Macedonia on Tuesday night, when Wales bundled in an added-time equaliser after a conclusion of stupefying drama, that cool veneer disappeared in an instant.

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Mom’s brain had been a thing of beauty: the flights of fancy she could follow to utterly uncharted places were both stupefying and inspiring.

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I suspect that only picking Georgia firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for Surgeon General would have been more stupefying.

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But the stupefyingly great orchestra also happens to be a showcase for Venezuela’s famed countrywide music education program El Sistema, which is funded by, and can serve as a propaganda tool for, Maduro’s government.

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