stupefactive

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adjective

Inducing stupor; making drowsy; stupefacient.

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Meanings

adjectivestupefactive (comparative more stupefactive, superlative most stupefactive)

comparative more stupefactive · superlative most stupefactive

  1. Inducing stupor; making drowsy; stupefacient.

    Opium and laudanum, which is a preparation of opium, are both stimulating and stupefactive.

    1841, Benjamin Parsons, The wine question settled, page 7

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
drowsysleepyslumberoussnoozysomnolentsoporific

Origin

Compare French stupéfactif.

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Translations

Spanish estupefactivo
  • estupefactivoadjective
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APA

stupefactive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stupefactive

MLA

“stupefactive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stupefactive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stupefactive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stupefactive.

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