stupefy

English

WOTD – 6 October 2010

Etymology

From Middle French stupéfier, from Latin stupefaciō (“strike dumb, stun with amazement, stupefy”), from stupeō (“I am stunned, speechless”) (English stupid, stupor) + faciō (“do, make”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈst(j)upəˌfaɪ/, /ˈstʃupəˌfaɪ/
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Verb

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

(transitive) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to dazzle or stun.

Derived terms

stupefaction
stupefied
stupefiedness

stupefier
stupefyingly

Related terms

→

stupe
stupendous

stupid
stupor

Translations

dull the senses or capacity to think

Armenian: ապշեցնել (hy) (apšecʿnel), շշմեցնել (hy) (ššmecʿnel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 使驚奇 (zh), 使惊奇 (zh) (shǐ jīngqí), 使驚訝 (zh), 使惊讶 (zh) (shǐ jīngyà)
Dutch: verdoven (nl), verdwazen (nl)
Finnish: turruttaa (fi), tylsistää
French: stupéfier (fr), abrutir (fr), hébéter (fr), sidérer (fr), abasourdir (fr), ahurir (fr), estomaquer (fr)
German: betäuben (de)
Hungarian: megdöbbent (hu)

Italian: stupefare, abbrutire (it), sbalordire (it), confondere (it), ingarbugliare, annebbiare (it), istupidire
Japanese: 呆然とさせる (ja) (ぼうぜんとさせる, bōzen to saseru)
Maori: whakahinamoe
Polish: ogłuszać impf, ogłuszyć (pl) pf
Portuguese: entorpecer (pt), estupeficar
Russian: изумля́ть (ru) impf (izumljátʹ), изуми́ть (ru) pf (izumítʹ), поража́ть (ru) impf (poražátʹ), порази́ть (ru) pf (porazítʹ), ошеломля́ть (ru) impf (ošelomljátʹ), ошеломи́ть (ru) pf (ošelomítʹ), приводи́ть в изумле́ние impf (privodítʹ v izumlénije), привести́ в изумле́ние pf (privestí v izumlénije)
Spanish: pasmar (es), entorpecer (es), embotar (es)
Turkish: afallatmak (tr), sersemletmek (tr), şaşırtmak (tr), şoke etmek (tr), uyuşturmak (tr)