Stupefy
81stun — verb 1) the force of the blow stunned him Syn: daze, stupefy, knock out, lay out 2) she was stunned by the news Syn: astound, amaze, astonish, dumbfound, stupefy, stagger, shock …
82stun — [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… …
83stupid — [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 …
84besot — verb make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation • Syn: ↑stupefy • Derivationally related forms: ↑stupefaction (for: ↑stupefy) • Hypernyms: ↑desensitize, ↑ …
85stupefaction — noun 1. a feeling of stupefied astonishment • Derivationally related forms: ↑stupefy • Hypernyms: ↑astonishment, ↑amazement • Hyponyms: ↑daze, ↑shock, ↑stupor …
86bemazed — bə̇ˈmāzd, bē adjective Etymology: Middle English bemased, from past participle of bemasen to stupefy, from be + masen to stupefy more at maze archaic : bewildered, stupefied …
87stu|pe|fa|cient — «STOO puh FAY shuhnt, STYOO », adjective, noun. –adj. stupefying. –n. a drug or agent that produces stupor. ╂[< Latin stupefaciēns, entis, present participle of stupefacere; see etym. under stupefy (Cf. ↑stupefy)] …
88Amaze — A*maze , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amazed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Amazing}.] [Pref. a + maze.] 1. To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A labyrinth to amaze his foes. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To confound, as by fear, wonder,… …
89Amazed — Amaze A*maze , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amazed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Amazing}.] [Pref. a + maze.] 1. To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A labyrinth to amaze his foes. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To confound, as by fear,… …
90Amazing — Amaze A*maze , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amazed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Amazing}.] [Pref. a + maze.] 1. To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A labyrinth to amaze his foes. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To confound, as by fear,… …
