Stupefy
71bemuse — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. muddle, bewilder, daze, distract; see confuse . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. confuse, puzzle, bewilder, befuddle, disconcert, addle, confound, daze, mix up, muddle, stupefy. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To dull the… …
72fuddle — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. befuddle, confuse, muddle, puzzle, intoxicate, inebriate, stupefy, make drunk, confound; see also confuse . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To cause to be unclear in mind or intent: addle, befuddle, bewilder, confound,… …
73hypnotize — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To put in a trance] Syn. mesmerize, put to sleep, lull to sleep, dull the will, hold under a spell, entrance, bring under one s control, induce hypnosis, place in a trance, stupefy, drug, narcotize, soothe, psychologize,… …
74Physical Insensibility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Physical Insensibility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 insensibility insensibility physical insensibility Sgm: N 1 obtuseness obtuseness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 palsy palsy paralysis paraesthesia anaesthesia Sgm: N 1 sle …
75stun — [13] Stun is virtually the same word as astonish and astound, and like them it denotes etymologically ‘leave thunderstruck’. It comes via Anglo Norman estuner from Vulgar Latin *extonāre ‘stupefy’. This was a compound verb, formed from the Latin… …
76stupid — [16] As the related stupefy [16] and stupor [17] still do, stupid originally denoted ‘mental numbness’; ‘lack of intelligence’ is a secondary development. It comes via Old French stupide from Latin stupidus, a derivative of stupēre ‘be stunned or …
77stupefaction — 1540s, from M.Fr. stupéfaction (16c.) or Mod.L. stupefactionem (see STUPEFY (Cf. stupefy)) …
78daze — 1. verb 1) he was dazed by his fall Syn: stun, stupefy; knock unconscious, knock out; informal knock the stuffing out of 2) she was dazed by the revelations Syn: astound, amaze, astonish, startle, dumbfound, stupefy …
79stun — verb 1) a glancing blow stunned Gary Syn: daze, stupefy, knock unconscious, knock out, lay out 2) she was stunned by the news Syn: astound, amaze, astonish, dumbfound, stupefy, stagger …
80daze — vb Daze, stun, bemuse, stupefy, benumb, paralyze, petrify all mean to dull or deaden the powers of the mind through some disturbing experience or influence. Daze may imply any of numerous causes (as a blow on the head, an excess of light, or a… …
