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stupefying

 
Adjective stupefying has 3 senses
  1. astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefying - so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying"
    Antonym: unimpressive (indirect, via impressive)
  2. stupefying - making physically stupid or dull or insensible; "a stupefying blow to the head"; "the stupefying effects of hemp"
    Antonyms:
    orienting, orientating (indirect, via disorienting)
  3. stupefying - shocking with surprise and consternation; "the stupefying impact of the tragedy"
    Antonym:
    unalarming (indirect, via alarming)
Verb stupefy has 3 senses
  1. besot, stupefy - make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
    --1 is one way to desensitize, desensitise
    Derived form: noun stupefaction3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  2. 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
    Derived form: noun stupefaction1
    Sample sentences:
    The bad news will stupefy him
    The good news will stupefy her
  3. stun, stupefy - make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"
    --3 is one way to immobilize, immobilise
    Derived form: noun stupefaction3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
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