stupefy

Verb

Meaning

To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility; to make torpid.

To deprive of material mobility.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

beat stick pose puzzle gravel stun baffle mystify amaze bewilder perplex nonplus flummox dumbfound besot
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Antonyms

rivet morel interest hold begin improve
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Hypernyms

fox throw confuse confound immobilize befuddle

Hyponyms

riddle escape stump elude mix up

Related terms

stupid stupendous stupor stupe

Derivatives

stupefied stupefying

Examples

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us. Theodor Adorno

People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy. Mikhail Bakunin

The religious superstition is encouraged by means of the institution of churches, processions, monuments, festivities....The so-called clergy stupefy the masses....They befog the people and keep them in an eternal condition of stupefaction. Leo Tolstoy

This beats me! Source: Internet

Got me--I don't know the answer! Source: Internet

a vexing problem Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

stupefied stupefiedness stupefier stupefying stupefyingly stupend