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/stjˈuːpɪfˌaɪd/
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ADJECTIVE
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in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
was stupid from fatigue
he had a dazed expression on his face
lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow -
as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless
was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion
a circle of policemen stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident
How To Use stupefied In A Sentence
- Retailers of the legend seem stupefied by Tamerlane, never knowing whether to praise him for his military prowess or shudder at his ferocity.
- The group stood stupefied and shocked in the middle of the sidewalk.
- Nigel, who had sat almost stupefied while these zealous friends volunteered for him in arranging the measures by which his fortune was to be disembarrassed, now made another eager attempt to force upon them his broken expressions of thanks and gratitude. The Fortunes of Nigel
- Even hard-boiled sceptics will be stupefied at what is on sale there in place of the current literature: Neatly arranged and priced, as if they were the major works on the Nazi era, are the administrative reports of the memorial.
- To wide acclaim, Dimitri has stupefied global audiences with dynamic DJ sets and well-crafted albums (Sacre Bleu, Playboy Mansion).
- If that were possible, French movies would long ago have stupefied the world.
- Rachel was stupefied, unable to do anything but stop her trembling lips.
- He was stupefied with alcohol.
- I am confident that his sleep was stupefied and dreamless, and that he awoke next day merely to heaviness and moroseness, and that if he lives to-day he does not remember that night, so passing was it as an incident. Chapter 4
- He is stupefied with grief [ terror ].
