stupefying

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]...