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stupefied

stupefied is the simple past and past participle of stupefy.

Adjective

stupefied (comparative more stupefied, superlative most stupefied)

  1. Experiencing stupefaction.
    • One stiff blind horse, his every bone a-stare, / Stood stupefied, however he came there: / Thrust out past service from the devil's stud!1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section XIII
  2. Experiencing the influence of an ingested mind-altering substance.

Meaning of stupefy

Verb

stupefy (third-person singular simple present stupefies, present participle stupefying, simple past and past participle stupefied)

  1. (especially, transitive) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.
    • a stupefying drug; a stupefacient
  2. (broadly, figuratively, transitive) To astonish or stun, especially as a result of some distressing action.
    • The police's negligence and callousness continued to stupefy her.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To deprive a material of the ability to undergo change or movement, especially deformation.
    • The next is, when it is not malleable, but yet it is not fluent, but stupified^([sic]).1631, Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century. [Articles of Enquiry.]”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn]...

Synonyms of stupefied

Forms of stupefied

comparativemore stupefied
superlativemost stupefied

Words formed from stupefied

Questions about stupefied

What does stupefied mean?
Stupefied means experiencing stupefaction.
What is stupefied the simple past and past participle of?
Stupefied is the simple past and past participle of stupefy.
What part of speech is stupefied?
Stupefied is an adjective.

Words near stupefied in the dictionary

  1. stupefaction
  2. stupefactions
  3. stupefactive
  4. stupefication
  5. stupefications
  6. stupefied
  7. stupefiedness
  8. stupefier
  9. stupefiers
  10. stupefies
  11. stupefy

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