stupefy
verb (used with object)
to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
stupefied
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past participleof stupefy.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof stupefy.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
stupefyverb (used with object)to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
Example Sentences
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When the 55-year-old New Jersey chiropractor looks at his current balance, he is stupefied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025
One month after One Day arrived on Netflix, Nicholls still seems somewhat stupefied by the reaction.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2024
Colleagues and friends are stupefied by how much he does.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2023
Levin was about to ask which one of the workers discovered the arm, but the slow revelation of the landfill’s awfulness stupefied him as the gate groaned apart.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2022
“But who wouldn’t be stupefied by such charms and excellences?”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
