Definitions for stupefy

• Definition
• Anagrams (112)

stupefy stu·pe·fy

Spelling: [stoo-puh-fahy, styoo-]

IPA: /ˈstu pəˌfaɪ, ˈstyu-/

Stupefy is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 112 anagrams from letters in stupefy (efpstuy).

Definitions for stupefy

verb (used with object)

1. to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
2. to stun, as with a narcotic, a shock, or a strong emotion.
3. to overwhelm with amazement; astound; astonish.

Origin of stupefy

1590-1600; Middle French stupefier ≪ Latin stupefacere to benumb, equivalent to stupe-, stem of stupēre to be numb or stunned + facere to make, do¹; see

Examples for stupefy

Consider the bringing to the Jove there news of such magnitude as to stupefy him!

When he felt it whipping about in him, he drank alcohol to stupefy it and get some ease for himself.

The fact seemed to stupefy him, and he stood with hanging hands and mouth.

You sleep till you stupefy yourself (thump), and then you go and dig.

I was obliged to etherize it a little, so as to stupefy it, and render it less uneasy.

They stupefy and narrow the mind by their empty, hollow, and constrained style.

If the old man had meant to stupefy his questioner, he could not better have succeeded.

There are low people who stupefy themselves with cheap brandy, but they are not common.

We had to stupefy them a little, since they had their swords, and I feared that they might resist.

Religion seems to have no other object, than to stupefy the mind.