make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
Used in a Sentence
stupefy
How to use stupefy in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for stupefy.
Editorial note
Maybe it would be better idea to "stupefy" those great editors for default install for new users and allow current users to easily revert "normal" settings.
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Quick take
make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of stupefy gathered in one view.
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"
make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for stupefy.
verb
make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
See also: besot
verb
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"
See also: perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder
verb
make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"
See also: stun
Example sentences
Maybe it would be better idea to "stupefy" those great editors for default install for new users and allow current users to easily revert "normal" settings.
A book deal for some weirdo who starts a movement about using bidets to get a really clean butthole to "center your rectal chi"?The nonsense people will subscribe to in order to pursue a quick fix for the struggles of being an adult never ceases to stupefy me. No matter how organized you get, the reality: life == hard, never goes away.
The sailors flatter themselves with claims to knowledge of sailing, though they know nothing of navigation, and are constantly vying with one another for the approval of the shipowner so to captain the ship, going so far as to stupefy the shipowner with drugs and wine.
I can't tell you how many times I've seen some very motel-like painting or elaborately framed print up there captioned 'An Art', and that always makes me grin: it criticises a very real and troubling class tendency to commoditize and stupefy art, and to see this tendency called out for mockery pleases me.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use stupefy in a sentence?
Maybe it would be better idea to "stupefy" those great editors for default install for new users and allow current users to easily revert "normal" settings.
What does stupefy mean?
make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
What part of speech is stupefy?
stupefy is commonly used as verb.