Synonyms for stultify

Most common

inhibit · impair · cripple · humiliate · infatuate

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting.

   Bureaucracy and over-regulation have stultified the economy.

Forms

Past participle

stultified
e.g. stultified → dulled, inhibited, impaired, infatuated…

Example sentences

• inhibit He noticed that this drug seemed to inhibit bacterial growth.
• impair Social media could greatly impair the intelligence of our kids.
• cripple But I have nothing left. I am just an old cripple.
• humiliate Yuri didn't want Martha to humiliate him again.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

dull¹

6 letters

impair², befool

7 letters

inhibit³, cripple²

9 letters

humiliate⁴, infatuate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (impair² = 2 syllables).

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