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Etymology [edit]
Ultimately from Latin stupefaciō (“strike dumb, stun with amazement, stupefy”), from stupeō (“I am stunned, speechless”) (English stupid, stupor) + faciō (“do, make”).
Pronunciation [edit]
stupefy (third-person singular simple present stupefies, present participle stupefying, simple past and past participle stupefied)
- To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to dazzle.
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Translations [edit]
dull the senses or capacity to think
- Armenian: ապշեցնել (hy) (apšec’nel), շշմեցնել (hy) (ššmec’nel)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 使驚奇 (cmn), 使惊奇 (cmn) (shǐ jīngqí), 使驚訝 (cmn), 使惊讶 (cmn) (shǐ jīngyà)
- Dutch: verdoven (nl), verdwazen (nl)
- Finnish: turruttaa (fi), tylsistää (fi)
- French: stupéfier (fr) , abrutir (fr) ,hébéter (fr) ,sidérer (fr) ,abasourdir (fr) ,ahurir (fr) , estomaquer (fr)
- German: betäuben (de)
- Hungarian: megdöbbent (hu)
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- Italian: stupefare (it), abbrutire (it), sbalordire (it)
- Japanese: 呆然とさせる (ja) (ぼうぜんとさせる, bōzen to saseru)
- Polish: otępiony (pl) m
- Russian: изумлять (ru) (izumljátʹ) impf., изумить (ru) (izumítʹ) pf., поражать (ru) (poražátʹ) impf., поразить (ru) (porazítʹ) pf., ошеломлять (ru) (ošelomljátʹ) impf., ошеломить (ru) (ošelomítʹ) pf., приводить в (privodítʹ v izumlénije) impf., привести в (privestí v izumlénije) pf.
- Spanish: pasmar (es), entorpecer (es), embotar (es)
- Turkish: bönleştirmek (tr)
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