Synonyms for stupefy
Definitions
- v. 1
To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.
a stupefying drug; a stupefacient
Related words
- Word family
- stupefaction stupefied stupefyingly stupe stupendous stupid stupor
- Other spellings
- stupify
Forms
- Past participle
- stupefied
e.g. stupefied → getten, non-plused, beaten, sticked…
Example sentences
- pose He takes snapshots. He doesn't ask people to pose.
- puzzle Let's puzzle over Lewis Carroll's Pillow-Problems!
- gravel Tom walked down the gravel road towards his farm.
- drug Recreational drug use inspires many urban legends.
- stun William used a stun gun to paralyze Sandra.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| stupefy | rising | |
| pose | rising | |
| puzzle | rising | |
| gravel | falling | |
| drug | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- get1, vex1
- 4 letters
- beat1, drug1, pose1, dull1, stun1
- 5 letters
- stick1, blunt1, amaze2, besot
- 6 letters
- puzzle2, gravel2, baffle2, deaden2, masker2, benumb
- 7 letters
- stagger2, astound2, perplex2, mystify3, petrify3, flummox2
- 8 letters
- confound2, paralyze3, astonish3, paralyse, bewilder3, hebetate
- 9 letters
- dumbfound2
- 11 letters
- desensitize4, flabbergast3, desensitise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amaze2 = 2 syllables).