dictionary definitions for "stupefied"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stupefied \Stu"pe*fied\, a.
     Having been made stupid.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stupefy \Stu"pe*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stupefied; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Stupefying.] [F. stup['e]fier, fr. L. stupere to be
     stupefied + ficare (in comp.) to make, akin to facere. See
     Stupid, Fact, and cf. Stupefacient.] [Written also
     stupify, especially in England.]
     1. To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of
        perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility;
        to make torpid.
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              The fumes of drink discompose and stupefy the brain.
                                                    --South.
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     2. To deprive of material mobility. [Obs.]
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              It is not malleable; but yet is not fluent, but
              stupefied.                            --Bacon.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  stupefied
      adj 1: as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a
             circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of
             having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen
             were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his
             promotion" [syn: dumbfounded, dumfounded,
             flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck,
             dumbstruck, dumbstricken]
      2: in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from
         shock; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay
         semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was
         stupid from fatigue" [syn: dazed, stunned, stupefied,
         {stupid(p)}]


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