stupefied Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
    besot; stupefy.
  2. verb be a mystery or bewildering to
    mystify; perplex; bewilder; get; beat; puzzle; pose; amaze; vex; baffle; flummox; stick; stupefy; gravel; nonplus; dumbfound.
    • This beats me!
    • Got me--I don't know the answer!
    • a vexing problem
    • This question really stuck me
  3. verb make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
    stun; stupefy.
    • stun fish
  4. adjective satellite as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
    dumbstricken; dumbstruck; thunderstruck; flabbergasted; dumbfounded; dumfounded.
    • 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
  5. adjective satellite in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
    stupid; stunned; dazed.
    • he had a dazed expression on his face
    • lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow
    • was stupid from fatigue

WordNet


Stu"pe*fied adjective
Definitions
  1. Having been made stupid.

Webster 1913