stupefy
verb (used with object)
to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
stupefies
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present tense formof stupefy (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The increasingly bread-head and circus-like aspects of EDM have provoked a backlash from those who feel dance culture is swapping underground intimacy in favour of soul-less bombast that stuns and stupefies audiences into slack-jawed submission.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2012
With an inimitable style that 1988 Olympic champion Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland has called "art on skis," Miller frequently stupefies his rivals as he wins races while choosing improbable routes down a mountain.
From Chicago Tribune ● Feb. 18, 2011
In conclusion: sport may not inevitably coarsen, but in the particular form of society we have it undoubtedly stupefies.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 24, 2010
Pianist Garner still has more than his fair share of fingers, but their presence often stupefies rather than charms.
From Time Magazine Archive
The lightning of innovation stupefies the dull; ignorance is always suspicious of innovation—always afraid to put itself on record until its mind is made up by somebody else.
From The Slayer Of souls by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
