stupefy
pronunciation
How to pronounce stupefy in British English:
UK [ˈstju:pɪfaɪ]
How to pronounce stupefy in American English:
US [ˈstupɪfaɪ]
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- Verb:
- make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
- be a mystery or bewildering to
- make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
Word Origin
- stupefy (v.)
- early 15c., from Latin stupefacere "make stupid or senseless, benumb, stun," from stupere "be stunned" (see stupid) + facere "to make" (see factitious).
Example
- 1. To stupefy with or as if with alcoholicdrink .
- 2. In 1530 it meant to paralyze , deaden , stupefy , to stun or deprive of sensation , as by a blow .
- 3. You 've had another opportunity to try to stupefy me .
- 4. To stupefy or dull with or as if with a drug .
- 5. Yet again , there is caesar 's " de bello gallico . " Julius composed it to thrill and arouse the romans ; its sole use today is to stupefy and sicken schoolboys .