Meaning

(transitive, especially law) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive, especially law) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.
2. (transitive, by extension, figurative) To astonish or stun, especially as a result of some distressing action.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To deprive a material of the ability to undergo change or movement, especially deformation.

Example Sentences

a stupefying drug; a stupefacient

He stupefied her by means of chloroform, a general anaesthetic.

The police's negligence and callousness continued to stupefy her.

What if I love you!—This misery / Of your dissatisfaction and misprision / Stupefies me.

The next is, when it is not malleable, but yet it is not fluent, but stupified^([sic]).

Word Forms

• stupefies
• stupefying
• stupefied
• stupify

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Use stupefy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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