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Definição e significado de stupefy
Definição
stupefy (v. trans.)
1.overcome as with astonishment or disbelief"The news stunned her"
2.make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow"stun fish"
3.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"
4.make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
stupefy (v.)
1.affect with wonder"Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"
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Merriam Webster
StupefyStu"pe*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stupefied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Stupefying (?).] [F. stupéfier, 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.
The fumes of drink discompose and stupefy the brain. South.
2. To deprive of material mobility. [Obs.]
It is not malleable; but yet is not fluent, but stupefied. Bacon.
Sinónimos
stupefy (v. trans.)
amaze, astonish, astound, awe, baffle, beat, bedaze, bemuse, benumb, besot, bewilder, consternate, daze, dazzle, disconcert, drug, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, numb, perplex, pose, puzzle, stagger, stick, stun, vex, drive up the wall (colloquial), send up the wall (colloquial)
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stupefy (v. trans.)
↘ astonishing, astounding, bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewildering, bewilderment, disconcerting, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement, shattering, staggering, stupefaction, stupefying, unnerving, upsetting
stupefy (v.)
↘ admiration, amazing, astonishing, astounding, peculiar, surprise, surprising, wonder, wonderment
Dicionario analógico
stupefy (v.)
surprise[Hyper.]
amazement, astonishment, wonder[Dérivé]
stupefy (v. tr.)
étonner fortement (fr)[Classe]
stupefy (v. tr.)
frapper quelqu'un (fr)[Classe]
injure; wound[Classe]
faire perdre connaissance en frappant (fr)[ClasseHyper.]
se blesser (fr)[Classe]
immobilise, immobilize[Hyper.]
stupefaction[Dérivé]
stupefy (v. tr.)
réduire au silence qqn qui a tort (fr)[Classe]
étonner (fr)[Classe...]
bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw[Hyper.]
mystification, obfuscation - mystification - bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification, obfuscation, puzzlement - closed book, enigma, inscrutability, mysteriousness, mystery, puzzle, secret - mystifier, puzzle, puzzler, teaser - poser, sticker, stumper, stump extracting machine, stump pulling machine, toughie - dumbfoundness, perplexity, stupefaction[Dérivé]
stupefy (v. tr.)
desensitise, desensitize[Hyper.]
stupefaction[Dérivé]
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