stupefy

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
  2. verb be a mystery or bewildering to
  3. verb make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow

Etymology

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

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Synonyms

besot

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