Explore Stultify through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like prove or rib. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Stultify meaning
- To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting.
- To make useless or worthless.
- To cause to appear foolish; to deprive of strength; to stupefy.
Synonyms of Stultify
Using Stultify
- The main meaning on this page is: To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting. | To make useless or worthless. | To cause to appear foolish; to deprive of strength; to stupefy.
- Useful related words include: prove, poke fun, make fun, rib.
Context around Stultify
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stultify
- In this selection, "stultify" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include bodies but stultify our souls and does not stultify the divine. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stultify" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stultify
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is time for the courts and civil society to push back against a power that seeks to not just imprison our bodies, but stultify our souls. (27 words)
The presence of evil in the world, as conceived by Shinto, does not stultify the divine nature by imposing on divinity responsibility for being able to relieve human suffering while refusing to do so. (34 words)
The presence of evil in the world, as conceived by Shinto, does not stultify the divine nature by imposing on divinity responsibility for being able to relieve human suffering while refusing to do so. (34 words)
It is time for the courts and civil society to push back against a power that seeks to not just imprison our bodies, but stultify our souls. (27 words)
Example sentences (2)
It is time for the courts and civil society to push back against a power that seeks to not just imprison our bodies, but stultify our souls.
The presence of evil in the world, as conceived by Shinto, does not stultify the divine nature by imposing on divinity responsibility for being able to relieve human suffering while refusing to do so.