stupefy
verb
, ˈstyü-\
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Synonyms
amaze, astonish, astound, bowl over, dumbfound (also dumfound), flabbergast, floor, rock, shock, startle, stun, surprise (also surprize), thunderstrike
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The watching world had been stupefied by trials in Moscow when foremost Communists pleaded guilty to crimes of treason they could not possibly have committed. — David Pryce-jones, National Review, "The Cold War of Words," 22 Aug. 2019 Chestnut, 36, is regarded, and rightly so, as the king of stupefying stomach-stuffing. — John Horgan, The Mercury News, "Horgan: Joey Chestnut: A Silicon Valley legend of a different sort," 7 Aug. 2019 The set also felt Chicago, with a powerhouse band that included Sen Morimoto and Nnamdi Ogbonnaya (who teamed up for a stupefying set at Pitchfork 2018), lending that Chicago family feel that makes this’s city’s music scene so charming. — Kevin Williams, chicagotribune.com, "Pitchfork Music Fest 2019: A dramatic day 2 brings disco, a marching band and matching outfits," 20 July 2019 Later in the day, Turkish authorities were stupefied. — Summer Said, WSJ, "Turkey Adopts ‘Drip-Drip’ Tactic in Saudi Murder Case," 22 Oct. 2018 In an episode of Marc Maron’s podcast that underlined how far the ground had shifted (and moved the ground even farther), Wong whipped out a breast pump during her interview and proceeded to stupefy the famous conversationalist. — Chloe Schama, Vogue, "Tig Notaro's New Netflix Special Finds her Content, Healthy, and Just as Funny," 22 May 2018 Between the Chiefs’ inexplicable mid-season clunkers and their stupefying postseason history of follies and futility, no one who follows this franchise could assume a diabolical trap door wasn’t waiting to spring open in the playoffs. — Vahe Gregorian, kansascity, "Another early exit: Chiefs find new way to write same old story," 6 Jan. 2018 The transition was less culturally shocking than stupefying. — Kenny Herzog, Esquire, "Ty Detmer Never Needed Stardom, Anyway," 25 Sep. 2015 The volume of debris hauled away by the litter brigades is stupefying: more than 70 tons in 2014 alone. — Gilles Mingasson, Smithsonian, "Why Mount Fuji Endures As a Powerful Force in Japan," 29 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stupefy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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