|
WordNet-Online
Free dictionary and thesaurus of English. Definitions, synonyms, antonyms and more...
Hint: double-click any word to get it searched!
Adjective stupefied has 2 senses
- dumbfounded, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck - as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion"
Antonyms: unsurprised, not surprised (indirect, via surprised)
- dazed, stunned, stupefied, stupid - in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was stupid from fatigue"
Antonyms: clearheaded, clear-thinking (indirect, via confused)
Verb stupefy has 3 senses
- besot, stupefy - make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
--1 is one way to desensitize, desensitise
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound - 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"
--2 is one way to confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
Sample sentences:
The bad news will stupefy him
The good news will stupefy her
- stun, stupefy - make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"
--3 is one way to immobilize, immobilise
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
|