stupefy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
    besot.
  2. verb be a mystery or bewildering to
    mystify; perplex; bewilder; get; beat; puzzle; pose; amaze; vex; baffle; flummox; stick; 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.
    • stun fish

WordNet

Stu"pe*fy transitive verb
Etymology
F. stupéfier, fr. L. stupere to be stupefied + ficare (in comp.) to make, akin to facere. See Stupid, Fact, and cf. Stupefacient.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Stupefied ; present participle & verbal noun Stupefying
Definitions
  1. To make stupid; to make dull; to blunt the faculty of perception or understanding in; to deprive of sensibility; to make torpid. temporarily! as by excessive dullness or repetition
    The fumes of drink discompose and stupefy the brain. South.
  2. To deprive of material mobility. Obs.
    It is not malleable; but yet is not fluent, but stupefied. Bacon.

Webster 1913