Definition of stupefy in English:

stupefy

verbstupefies, stupefied, stupefyingˈstjuːpɪfʌɪˈst(j)upəˌfaɪ

[with object]

1Make (someone) unable to think or feel properly.
the offence of administering drugs to a woman with intent to stupefy her
Example sentencesExamples
- After she broke the kiss he smiled, stupefied, and shook his head.
- This role of film as an instance of mass media is opposed to that of Adorno, who could only conceptualise the mass media as a means of stupefying the masses in a capitalist society.
- Surgeons would attempt to stupefy the patient with alcohol, opium, or morphia, but with little effect.
- He says I'm a creative person and the last thing I should do is stupefy myself with drugs.
- But Lachlan himself was the miracle, always standing stupefied and shocked, having escaped with only a few cuts and bruises.
- The group stood stupefied and shocked in the middle of the sidewalk.
- But when I looked at Juan, he was staring at me with his jaw dropped, totally stupefied, and then he got mad too.
- The effect of the brew was to stupefy the convict to the point of pseudo-coma and to numb his physical sensations.
- But I am puzzled, for example, by the suggestion that one could have a ‘lawful justification’ to stupefy someone in order to commit rape.
- In his later work, Capital, Marx comments a number of times that nursing mothers coped with their early return to the production line by stupefying their hungry babies with opiates.
- When I walked out of the movie theatre after seeing the film, I was stupefied.
- Rachel was stupefied, unable to do anything but stop her trembling lips.
- The challenge is how to properly honor King, without stupefying readers whose eyes glaze at the thought of hearing yet another recitation of the famous ‘I Have A Dream’ speech.
- Tyler's face was stupefied into dumbfounded shock; he had turned pale.
- But during the summer, with nothing to do and hardly no one to see, I turned to the mindless entertainment box often and happily, letting it stupefy me for more than hours at a time.
Synonyms
stun, daze, befuddle, knock senseless, knock unconscious, knock out, lay out, benumb, numb
drug, sedate, anaesthetize, give anaesthetic to, tranquillize, narcotize
intoxicate, inebriate
knock out, render unconscious
informal dope
1. 1.1 Astonish and shock.
  the amount they spend on clothes would appal their parents and stupefy their grandparents
  Example sentencesExamples
  This building, constructed from mortal sweat and blood, human sweat and blood, stupefies us.
  There is one plot twist, however, late in the film involving Michael Douglas' character that really stupefied me.
  At the opposite pole to divine magic is the type that is playful and deceitful, thanks to which charlatans skillfully produce effects that stupefy ignorant people.
  You know how stupefying it is that a black sheep like me could ever get a boyfriend.
  To wide acclaim, Dimitri has stupefied global audiences with dynamic DJ sets and well-crafted albums (Sacre Bleu, Playboy Mansion).
  The idea that anyone could be tormented by curiosity with regard to her life stupefied me.
  The audience is often stupefied, thinking, ‘Are they really doing that?’
  For two hours - it came to feel like two days - Rivera informed his increasingly stupefied audience of the treasures Capone might have buried during his reign as a gangland king.
  Its bizarreness is not lost on the clearly stupefied guests.
  I was too stupefied to comprehend, let alone respond.
  Charles Bowermcen, the team's leader was equally stupefied at the infrastructure around but saddened about the housing shortages.
  The man on the ground got back up surprised, when he saw no assailant he was stupefied for words.
  Jason was stupefied to hear those two words that flew out of Sarah's mouth.
  Strangely and incredibly, my daughter stops crying, and I am stupefied and comforted by the realisation I am going to enjoy this.
  Most of the audience with whom I saw the film seemed as stupefied and astonished as I was by the dullness of the proceedings.
  We were stupefied at this unanticipated reception.
  The school bell just rang telling us that classes were over, but none of us were standing because we were all stupefied by how fast he explained everything and ended the class.
  If that were possible, French movies would long ago have stupefied the world.
  This collocation of precocious poetic essence, stupefying lyricism and seditious brilliance sets up Rimbaud as the Romantic-Modern poet par excellence.
  I felt rather sorry for him, having to find out stuff like this, and after going through my own share of shocks, I knew just how mind-wracking and stupefying this could be.
  Synonyms
  shock, stun, astound, dumbfound, overwhelm, stagger, amaze, astonish, startle, confound, take aback, shake up, leave open-mouthed, take someone's breath away
  informal flabbergast, knock for six, knock sideways, hit like a ton of bricks, bowl over, floor, blow away

Derivatives

stupefier

noun

Alcohol is one of our milder stupefiers and may have made civilization both necessary and possible.
Example sentencesExamples
- The damage all chemical stupefiers have done to innocent bystanders such as parents and friends, is immeasurable, and so very costly to society as a whole.
- Even without artificial stupefiers like alcohol and narcotics to help them, people routinely achieve irrelevance by adhering to or seeking out a maladaptive schema.
- To people under twenty-five, on the other hand, the word ‘drug’ refers to a wide range of mind benders running from alcohol, energizers, and stupefiers to marijuana and other psychedelic drugs.
- Man's principal stupefiers are not opiates, or alcohol, or even sugar - but sex, territory and self-advancement.

stupefying

adjectiveˈstjuːpɪfʌɪɪŋˈst(j)upəfaɪɪŋ

1Making one unable to think or feel properly.
the game ends with a sense of stupefying boredom
1. 1.1 Astonishing and shocking.
Example sentencesExamples
- What we're left with is a highly polished domestic drama that is, frankly, a stupefying bore.
- We recall the voice, convincing and sustained, soaring intrepidly through a mass of stupefying calculation.
- Kitchen denied seven charges of administering a stupefying drug, namely amyl nitrate, to enable him to commit the indecent assaults, and not guilty verdicts were recorded on these charges.
- stupefying financial incompetence

stupefyingly

adverbˈstjuːpɪfʌɪɪŋliˈst(j)upəˌfaɪɪŋli

as submodifier a stupefyingly tedious task

Origin

Late Middle English: from French stupéfier, from Latin stupefacere, from stupere 'be struck senseless'.

Definition of stupefy in US English:

stupefy

verbˈst(y)o͞opəˌfīˈst(j)upəˌfaɪ

[with object]

1Make (someone) unable to think or feel properly.
the offense of administering drugs to a woman with intent to stupefy her
Example sentencesExamples
- When I walked out of the movie theatre after seeing the film, I was stupefied.
- This role of film as an instance of mass media is opposed to that of Adorno, who could only conceptualise the mass media as a means of stupefying the masses in a capitalist society.
- In his later work, Capital, Marx comments a number of times that nursing mothers coped with their early return to the production line by stupefying their hungry babies with opiates.
- The group stood stupefied and shocked in the middle of the sidewalk.
- He says I'm a creative person and the last thing I should do is stupefy myself with drugs.
- But I am puzzled, for example, by the suggestion that one could have a ‘lawful justification’ to stupefy someone in order to commit rape.
- But during the summer, with nothing to do and hardly no one to see, I turned to the mindless entertainment box often and happily, letting it stupefy me for more than hours at a time.
- But when I looked at Juan, he was staring at me with his jaw dropped, totally stupefied, and then he got mad too.
- Surgeons would attempt to stupefy the patient with alcohol, opium, or morphia, but with little effect.
- After she broke the kiss he smiled, stupefied, and shook his head.
- But Lachlan himself was the miracle, always standing stupefied and shocked, having escaped with only a few cuts and bruises.
- Tyler's face was stupefied into dumbfounded shock; he had turned pale.
- The effect of the brew was to stupefy the convict to the point of pseudo-coma and to numb his physical sensations.
- Rachel was stupefied, unable to do anything but stop her trembling lips.
- The challenge is how to properly honor King, without stupefying readers whose eyes glaze at the thought of hearing yet another recitation of the famous ‘I Have A Dream’ speech.
Synonyms
stun, daze, befuddle, knock senseless, knock unconscious, knock out, lay out, benumb, numb
drug, sedate, anaesthetize, give anaesthetic to, tranquillize, narcotize
1. 1.1 Astonish and shock.
  the amount they spend on clothes would appall their parents and stupefy their grandparents
  Example sentencesExamples
  This building, constructed from mortal sweat and blood, human sweat and blood, stupefies us.
  If that were possible, French movies would long ago have stupefied the world.
  The audience is often stupefied, thinking, ‘Are they really doing that?’
  There is one plot twist, however, late in the film involving Michael Douglas' character that really stupefied me.
  Strangely and incredibly, my daughter stops crying, and I am stupefied and comforted by the realisation I am going to enjoy this.
  The school bell just rang telling us that classes were over, but none of us were standing because we were all stupefied by how fast he explained everything and ended the class.
  Its bizarreness is not lost on the clearly stupefied guests.
  At the opposite pole to divine magic is the type that is playful and deceitful, thanks to which charlatans skillfully produce effects that stupefy ignorant people.
  To wide acclaim, Dimitri has stupefied global audiences with dynamic DJ sets and well-crafted albums (Sacre Bleu, Playboy Mansion).
  I felt rather sorry for him, having to find out stuff like this, and after going through my own share of shocks, I knew just how mind-wracking and stupefying this could be.
  The man on the ground got back up surprised, when he saw no assailant he was stupefied for words.
  You know how stupefying it is that a black sheep like me could ever get a boyfriend.
  I was too stupefied to comprehend, let alone respond.
  The idea that anyone could be tormented by curiosity with regard to her life stupefied me.
  For two hours - it came to feel like two days - Rivera informed his increasingly stupefied audience of the treasures Capone might have buried during his reign as a gangland king.
  Most of the audience with whom I saw the film seemed as stupefied and astonished as I was by the dullness of the proceedings.
  Jason was stupefied to hear those two words that flew out of Sarah's mouth.
  Charles Bowermcen, the team's leader was equally stupefied at the infrastructure around but saddened about the housing shortages.
  We were stupefied at this unanticipated reception.
  This collocation of precocious poetic essence, stupefying lyricism and seditious brilliance sets up Rimbaud as the Romantic-Modern poet par excellence.
  Synonyms
  shock, stun, astound, dumbfound, overwhelm, stagger, amaze, astonish, startle, confound, take aback, shake up, leave open-mouthed, take someone's breath away

Origin

Late Middle English: from French stupéfier, from Latin stupefacere, from stupere ‘be struck senseless’.

单词	stupefy
释义	Definition of stupefy in English: stupefy verbstupefies, stupefied, stupefyingˈstjuːpɪfʌɪˈst(j)upəˌfaɪ [with object] 1Make (someone) unable to think or feel properly. the offence of administering drugs to a woman with intent to stupefy her Example sentencesExamples After she broke the kiss he smiled, stupefied, and shook his head. This role of film as an instance of mass media is opposed to that of Adorno, who could only conceptualise the mass media as a means of stupefying the masses in a capitalist society. Surgeons would attempt to stupefy the patient with alcohol, opium, or morphia, but with little effect. He says I'm a creative person and the last thing I should do is stupefy myself with drugs. But Lachlan himself was the miracle, always standing stupefied and shocked, having escaped with only a few cuts and bruises. The group stood stupefied and shocked in the middle of the sidewalk. But when I looked at Juan, he was staring at me with his jaw dropped, totally stupefied, and then he got mad too. The effect of the brew was to stupefy the convict to the point of pseudo-coma and to numb his physical sensations. But I am puzzled, for example, by the suggestion that one could have a ‘lawful justification’ to stupefy someone in order to commit rape. In his later work, Capital, Marx comments a number of times that nursing mothers coped with their early return to the production line by stupefying their hungry babies with opiates. When I walked out of the movie theatre after seeing the film, I was stupefied. Rachel was stupefied, unable to do anything but stop her trembling lips. The challenge is how to properly honor King, without stupefying readers whose eyes glaze at the thought of hearing yet another recitation of the famous ‘I Have A Dream’ speech. Tyler's face was stupefied into dumbfounded shock; he had turned pale. But during the summer, with nothing to do and hardly no one to see, I turned to the mindless entertainment box often and happily, letting it stupefy me for more than hours at a time. Synonyms stun, daze, befuddle, knock senseless, knock unconscious, knock out, lay out, benumb, numb drug, sedate, anaesthetize, give anaesthetic to, tranquillize, narcotize intoxicate, inebriate knock out, render unconscious informal dope 1.1 Astonish and shock. the amount they spend on clothes would appal their parents and stupefy their grandparents Example sentencesExamples This building, constructed from mortal sweat and blood, human sweat and blood, stupefies us. There is one plot twist, however, late in the film involving Michael Douglas' character that really stupefied me. At the opposite pole to divine magic is the type that is playful and deceitful, thanks to which charlatans skillfully produce effects that stupefy ignorant people. You know how stupefying it is that a black sheep like me could ever get a boyfriend. To wide acclaim, Dimitri has stupefied global audiences with dynamic DJ sets and well-crafted albums (Sacre Bleu, Playboy Mansion). The idea that anyone could be tormented by curiosity with regard to her life stupefied me. The audience is often stupefied, thinking, ‘Are they really doing that?’ For two hours - it came to feel like two days - Rivera informed his increasingly stupefied audience of the treasures Capone might have buried during his reign as a gangland king. Its bizarreness is not lost on the clearly stupefied guests. I was too stupefied to comprehend, let alone respond. Charles Bowermcen, the team's leader was equally stupefied at the infrastructure around but saddened about the housing shortages. The man on the ground got back up surprised, when he saw no assailant he was stupefied for words. Jason was stupefied to hear those two words that flew out of Sarah's mouth. Strangely and incredibly, my daughter stops crying, and I am stupefied and comforted by the realisation I am going to enjoy this. Most of the audience with whom I saw the film seemed as stupefied and astonished as I was by the dullness of the proceedings. We were stupefied at this unanticipated reception. The school bell just rang telling us that classes were over, but none of us were standing because we were all stupefied by how fast he explained everything and ended the class. If that were possible, French movies would long ago have stupefied the world. This collocation of precocious poetic essence, stupefying lyricism and seditious brilliance sets up Rimbaud as the Romantic-Modern poet par excellence. I felt rather sorry for him, having to find out stuff like this, and after going through my own share of shocks, I knew just how mind-wracking and stupefying this could be. Synonyms shock, stun, astound, dumbfound, overwhelm, stagger, amaze, astonish, startle, confound, take aback, shake up, leave open-mouthed, take someone's breath away informal flabbergast, knock for six, knock sideways, hit like a ton of bricks, bowl over, floor, blow away Derivatives stupefier noun Alcohol is one of our milder stupefiers and may have made civilization both necessary and possible. Example sentencesExamples The damage all chemical stupefiers have done to innocent bystanders such as parents and friends, is immeasurable, and so very costly to society as a whole. Even without artificial stupefiers like alcohol and narcotics to help them, people routinely achieve irrelevance by adhering to or seeking out a maladaptive schema. To people under twenty-five, on the other hand, the word ‘drug’ refers to a wide range of mind benders running from alcohol, energizers, and stupefiers to marijuana and other psychedelic drugs. Man's principal stupefiers are not opiates, or alcohol, or even sugar - but sex, territory and self-advancement. stupefying adjectiveˈstjuːpɪfʌɪɪŋˈst(j)upəfaɪɪŋ 1Making one unable to think or feel properly. the game ends with a sense of stupefying boredom 1.1 Astonishing and shocking. Example sentencesExamples What we're left with is a highly polished domestic drama that is, frankly, a stupefying bore. We recall the voice, convincing and sustained, soaring intrepidly through a mass of stupefying calculation. Kitchen denied seven charges of administering a stupefying drug, namely amyl nitrate, to enable him to commit the indecent assaults, and not guilty verdicts were recorded on these charges. stupefying financial incompetence stupefyingly adverbˈstjuːpɪfʌɪɪŋliˈst(j)upəˌfaɪɪŋli as submodifier a stupefyingly tedious task Origin Late Middle English: from French stupéfier, from Latin stupefacere, from stupere 'be struck senseless'. Definition of stupefy in US English: stupefy verbˈst(y)o͞opəˌfīˈst(j)upəˌfaɪ [with object] 1Make (someone) unable to think or feel properly. the offense of administering drugs to a woman with intent to stupefy her Example sentencesExamples When I walked out of the movie theatre after seeing the film, I was stupefied. This role of film as an instance of mass media is opposed to that of Adorno, who could only conceptualise the mass media as a means of stupefying the masses in a capitalist society. In his later work, Capital, Marx comments a number of times that nursing mothers coped with their early return to the production line by stupefying their hungry babies with opiates. The group stood stupefied and shocked in the middle of the sidewalk. He says I'm a creative person and the last thing I should do is stupefy myself with drugs. But I am puzzled, for example, by the suggestion that one could have a ‘lawful justification’ to stupefy someone in order to commit rape. But during the summer, with nothing to do and hardly no one to see, I turned to the mindless entertainment box often and happily, letting it stupefy me for more than hours at a time. But when I looked at Juan, he was staring at me with his jaw dropped, totally stupefied, and then he got mad too. Surgeons would attempt to stupefy the patient with alcohol, opium, or morphia, but with little effect. After she broke the kiss he smiled, stupefied, and shook his head. But Lachlan himself was the miracle, always standing stupefied and shocked, having escaped with only a few cuts and bruises. Tyler's face was stupefied into dumbfounded shock; he had turned pale. The effect of the brew was to stupefy the convict to the point of pseudo-coma and to numb his physical sensations. Rachel was stupefied, unable to do anything but stop her trembling lips. The challenge is how to properly honor King, without stupefying readers whose eyes glaze at the thought of hearing yet another recitation of the famous ‘I Have A Dream’ speech. Synonyms stun, daze, befuddle, knock senseless, knock unconscious, knock out, lay out, benumb, numb drug, sedate, anaesthetize, give anaesthetic to, tranquillize, narcotize 1.1 Astonish and shock. the amount they spend on clothes would appall their parents and stupefy their grandparents Example sentencesExamples This building, constructed from mortal sweat and blood, human sweat and blood, stupefies us. If that were possible, French movies would long ago have stupefied the world. The audience is often stupefied, thinking, ‘Are they really doing that?’ There is one plot twist, however, late in the film involving Michael Douglas' character that really stupefied me. Strangely and incredibly, my daughter stops crying, and I am stupefied and comforted by the realisation I am going to enjoy this. The school bell just rang telling us that classes were over, but none of us were standing because we were all stupefied by how fast he explained everything and ended the class. Its bizarreness is not lost on the clearly stupefied guests. At the opposite pole to divine magic is the type that is playful and deceitful, thanks to which charlatans skillfully produce effects that stupefy ignorant people. To wide acclaim, Dimitri has stupefied global audiences with dynamic DJ sets and well-crafted albums (Sacre Bleu, Playboy Mansion). I felt rather sorry for him, having to find out stuff like this, and after going through my own share of shocks, I knew just how mind-wracking and stupefying this could be. The man on the ground got back up surprised, when he saw no assailant he was stupefied for words. You know how stupefying it is that a black sheep like me could ever get a boyfriend. I was too stupefied to comprehend, let alone respond. The idea that anyone could be tormented by curiosity with regard to her life stupefied me. For two hours - it came to feel like two days - Rivera informed his increasingly stupefied audience of the treasures Capone might have buried during his reign as a gangland king. Most of the audience with whom I saw the film seemed as stupefied and astonished as I was by the dullness of the proceedings. Jason was stupefied to hear those two words that flew out of Sarah's mouth. Charles Bowermcen, the team's leader was equally stupefied at the infrastructure around but saddened about the housing shortages. We were stupefied at this unanticipated reception. This collocation of precocious poetic essence, stupefying lyricism and seditious brilliance sets up Rimbaud as the Romantic-Modern poet par excellence. Synonyms shock, stun, astound, dumbfound, overwhelm, stagger, amaze, astonish, startle, confound, take aback, shake up, leave open-mouthed, take someone's breath away Origin Late Middle English: from French stupéfier, from Latin stupefacere, from stupere ‘be struck senseless’.
随便看	state of fear state of grace state of grace state of health state of life state of life state of matter state of mind state of nervousness state of panic/agitation state of perplexity state of play state of play state of repair state of senselessness state of shock state of stupefaction state of the art state-of-the-art state of the art State of the City State of the Nation State of the State State of the Union state of things