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To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially, transitive
Topics: law
Examples
- a stupefying drug; a stupefacient
- He stupefied her by means of chloroform, a general anaesthetic.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To astonish or stun, especially as a result of some distressing action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively, transitive
Examples
- The police's negligence and callousness continued to stupefy her.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To deprive a material of the ability to undergo change or movement, especially deformation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stun
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: immobilize, immobilise
be a mystery or bewildering to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This beats me!
- Got me--I don't know the answer!
- a vexing problem
- This question really stuck me
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
Narrower terms: stump, mix up, riddle, elude, escape
make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: besot
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: desensitize, desensitise
From Middle French stupéfier, from Latin stupefaciō (“strike dumb, stun with amazement, stupefy”), from stupeō (“to be stunned, speechless”) (see English stupid, stupor) + faciō (“to do, make”).
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
ապշեցնել
(apšecʻnel)
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Armenian:
շշմեցնել
(ššmecʻnel)
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Bulgarian:
притъпявам
(pritǎpjavam)
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Bulgarian:
зашеметявам
(zašemetjavam)
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Catalan:
sorprendre
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Chinese Mandarin:
使驚奇 /使惊奇
(shǐ jīngqí)
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Chinese Mandarin:
使驚訝 /使惊讶
(shǐ jīngyà)
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Dutch:
verdoven
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Dutch:
verdwazen
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Finnish:
turruttaa
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Finnish:
tylsistää
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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French:
stupéfier
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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French:
abrutir
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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French:
hébéter
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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French:
sidérer
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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French:
abasourdir
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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French:
ahurir
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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French:
estomaquer
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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German:
betäuben
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Hungarian:
megdöbbent
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Italian:
stupefare
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Italian:
abbrutire
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Italian:
sbalordire
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Italian:
confondere
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Italian:
ingarbugliare
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Italian:
annebbiare
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Italian:
istupidire
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Japanese:
呆然とさせる
(bōzen to saseru)
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Latin:
stupefaciō
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Māori:
whakahinamoe
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Norwegian Bokmål:
bedøve
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Norwegian Bokmål:
sløve
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Polish:
ogłuszać
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Polish:
ogłuszyć
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Portuguese:
entorpecer
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Portuguese:
estupeficar
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Russian:
изумля́ть
(izumljátʹ)
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Russian:
изуми́ть
(izumítʹ)
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Russian:
поража́ть
(poražátʹ)
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Russian:
порази́ть
(porazítʹ)
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Russian:
ошеломля́ть
(ošelomljátʹ)
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Russian:
ошеломи́ть
(ošelomítʹ)
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Russian:
приводи́ть в изумле́ние
(privodítʹ v izumlénije)
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Russian:
привести́ в изумле́ние
(privestí v izumlénije)
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Spanish:
pasmar
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Spanish:
entorpecer
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Spanish:
embotar
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Spanish:
estupefacer
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Spanish:
estupefaccionar
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Spanish:
atontar
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Spanish:
aturdir
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Turkish:
afallatmak
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Turkish:
sersemletmek
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Turkish:
şaşırtmak
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Turkish:
şoke etmek
— dull the senses or capacity to think
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Turkish:
uyuşturmak
— dull the senses or capacity to think