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Etymology
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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”).
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- IPA(key): /ˈst(j)upəˌfaɪ/, /ˈst͡ʃupəˌfaɪ/
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.
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Translations
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dull the senses or capacity to think
- Armenian: ապշեցնել (hy) (apšecʿnel), շշմեցնել (hy) (ššmecʿnel)
- Bulgarian: притъпявам (bg) (pritǎpjavam), зашеметявам (bg) (zašemetjavam)
- Catalan: sorprendre (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 使驚奇／使惊奇 (zh) (shǐ jīngqí), 使驚訝／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 (it), abbrutire (it), sbalordire (it), confondere (it), ingarbugliare, annebbiare (it), istupidire (it)
- Japanese: 呆然とさせる (ja) (ぼうぜんとさせる, bōzen to saseru)
- Latin: stupefaciō
- Maori: whakahinamoe
- Polish: ogłuszać (pl) 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)
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