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Stupefying definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STUPEFYING, ppr. Rendering extremely dull or insensible; as the stupefying virtues of opium. [It would be convenient to write stupifaction, stupifactive, and place these words after stupidly.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying" [syn: astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefying]
2: making physically stupid or dull or insensible; "a stupefying blow to the head"; "the stupefying effects of hemp"
3: shocking with surprise and consternation; "the stupefying impact of the tragedy"

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Stupefactive.

Moby Thesaurus

analgesic, anesthetic, bloodcurdling, deadening, dulling, exceptional, extraordinary, fabulous, hair-raising, indescribable, ineffable, legendary, marvelous, mythical, narcotic, noteworthy, numbing, paralyzing, petrifying, phenomenal, portentous, prodigious, remarkable, stunning, stupendous, terrifying, terror, terror-bearing, terror-breathing, terror-breeding, terror-bringing, terror-fraught, terror-giving, terror-inspiring, terror-striking, terrorful, terroristic, unexampled, unparalleled, unprecedented, unspeakable, wonderful