On this page you'll find 5 example sentences with Stupefy. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as flummox or bewilder and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Stupefy meaning
- To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.
- To astonish or stun, especially as a result of some distressing action.
- To deprive a material of the ability to undergo change or movement, especially deformation.
Synonyms of Stupefy
Using Stupefy
- The main meaning on this page is: To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun. | To astonish or stun, especially as a result of some distressing action. | To deprive a material of the ability to undergo change or movement, especially deformation.
- Useful related words include: besot, flummox, bewilder, pose.
- In the example corpus, stupefy often appears in combinations such as: to stupefy.
Context around Stupefy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Stupefy
- In this selection, "stupefy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stun, spell, fish and daze stand out and add context to how "stupefy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include amerindians to stupefy fish to and order to stupefy or overpower. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "stupefy" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with stupefy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Stupefy spell is both simple to use and incredibly effective. (11 words)
Harry Potter Movies: Interesting Facts That Will ‘Stupefy’ Every Potter Head! (11 words)
It is also known as ‘fish poison’ because the bark and roots were used by Amerindians to stupefy fish to make them easier to catch. (25 words)
Shihepo Onesmus and Sebastian Angula both faced two counts of housebreaking with intent to rob and robbery while Angula alone faced two additional charges of rape and forcing the complainant to drink alcohol in order to stupefy or overpower her. (40 words)
Author John Leland describes an etymology, writing that the term is a modern survival of an English verb—"to dozen"—dating back at least to the fourteenth century and meaning "to stun, stupefy, daze" or "to make insensible, torpid, powerless". (40 words)
It is also known as ‘fish poison’ because the bark and roots were used by Amerindians to stupefy fish to make them easier to catch. (25 words)
Harry Potter Movies: Interesting Facts That Will ‘Stupefy’ Every Potter Head! (11 words)
Example sentences (5)
The Stupefy spell is both simple to use and incredibly effective.
Harry Potter Movies: Interesting Facts That Will ‘Stupefy’ Every Potter Head!
Shihepo Onesmus and Sebastian Angula both faced two counts of housebreaking with intent to rob and robbery while Angula alone faced two additional charges of rape and forcing the complainant to drink alcohol in order to stupefy or overpower her.
It is also known as ‘fish poison’ because the bark and roots were used by Amerindians to stupefy fish to make them easier to catch.
Author John Leland describes an etymology, writing that the term is a modern survival of an English verb—"to dozen"—dating back at least to the fourteenth century and meaning "to stun, stupefy, daze" or "to make insensible, torpid, powerless".
Common combinations with stupefy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to stupefy 2×