At first he spurred his horse at a quick pace through an avenue of the park, as if, by rapidity of motion, he could stupefy the confusion of feelings with which he was assailed.
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Stupefy
//ˈst(j)upəˌfaɪ//
Synonyms for "stupefy" (91 found)
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54 translations across 18 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- ապշեցնել verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
- շշմեցնել verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
Bulgarian
2 entries- зашеметявам verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
- притъпявам verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
Catalan
1 entries- sorprendre verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 使驚奇 /使惊奇 verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
- 使驚訝 /使惊讶 verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
Dutch
2 entries- verdoven verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
- verdwazen verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
Finnish
2 entries- turruttaa verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
- tylsistää verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
French
4 entries- abasourdir verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
- abrutir verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
- ahurir verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
- estomaquer verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
German
1 entries- betäuben verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
Hungarian
1 entries- megdöbbent verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
Italian
4 entries- abbrutire verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
- annebbiare verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
- confondere verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
- ingarbugliare verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
Japanese
1 entries- 呆然とさせる verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
Latin
1 entries- stupefaciō verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
Māori
1 entries- whakahinamoe verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
Polish
2 entries- ogłuszać verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
- ogłuszyć verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
Portuguese
2 entries- entorpecer verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
- estupeficar verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
Russian
4 entries- изуми́ть verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
- изумля́ть verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
- ошеломи́ть verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
- ошеломля́ть verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
Spanish
4 entries- atontar verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
- aturdir verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
- embotar verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
- entorpecer verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
Turkish
4 entries- afallatmak verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
- sersemletmek verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
- uyuşturmak verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
- şaşırtmak verb (dull the senses or capacity to think)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
a stupefying drug; a stupefacient
Source: wiktionary
He stupefied her by means of chloroform, a general anaesthetic.
Source: wiktionary
The police's negligence and callousness continued to stupefy her.
Source: wiktionary
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