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Adjective: stupefied  'st(y)oo-pi,fId
  1. As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
    "a circle of policemen stood stupefied by her denial of having seen the accident";
    - dumbfounded, dumfounded, flabbergasted, thunderstruck, dumbstruck, dumbstricken
     
  2. In a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
    "lay semiconscious, stupefied by the blow";
    - dazed, stunned, stupid
Verb: stupefy  'st(y)oo-pi,fI
  1. Make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
    - besot
     
  2. Confuse or leave at a loss because of something complex or difficult to understand
    "These questions stupefy even the experts";
    - confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate [informal], perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, nonplus, gravel, dumbfound
     
  3. Make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
    "stupefy fish";
    - stun

See also: confused, fuddled, surprised

Type of: be, desensitise [Brit], desensitize, immobilise [Brit], immobilize

Encyclopedia: Stupefied