Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Stupefied \Stu"pe*fied\, a.
Having been made stupid.
Stupefy \Stu"pe*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stupefied}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Stupefying}.] [F. stup['e]fier, fr. L. stupere to be
stupefied + ficare (in comp.) to make, akin to facere. See
{Stupid}, {Fact}, and cf. {Stupefacient}.] [Written also
{stupify}, especially in England.]
1. To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of
perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility;
to make torpid.
Source : WordNet®
stupefied
adj 1: as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a circle
of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of
having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen
were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of
his promotion" [syn: {dumbfounded}, {dumfounded}, {flabbergasted},
{thunderstruck}]
2: in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from
shock; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay
semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was
stupid from fatigue" [syn: {dazed}, {stunned}, {stupid(p)}]
stupefy
v 1: make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or
infatuation [syn: {besot}]
2: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I
don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This
question really stuck me" [syn: {perplex}, {vex}, {stick},
{get}, {puzzle}, {mystify}, {baffle}, {beat}, {pose}, {bewilder},
{flummox}, {nonplus}, {gravel}, {amaze}, {dumbfound}]
3: make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"
[syn: {stun}]
[also: {stupefied}]
stupefied
See {stupefy}