stupefied

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adjective

Experiencing stupefaction.

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of stupefy
adjectivestupefied (comparative more stupefied, superlative most stupefied)

comparative more stupefied · superlative most stupefied

  1. Experiencing stupefaction.

    One stiff blind horse, his every bone a-stare, / Stood stupefied, however he came there: / Thrust out past service from the devil's stud!

    1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section XIII
    1 more example

    Ernie refused to meet my eye all Christmas week. Veronica gave me sorry smiles in passing, but her loyalties were clear. In hindsight, I am stupefied. What was I thinking? Jeopardizing my only friendships with sulks! I’ve always been a gifted sulker, which explains a lot.

    2004, David Mitchell, “The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish”, in Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN, page 369
  2. Experiencing the influence of an ingested mind-altering substance.

Synonyms & antonyms

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intoxicated

adjectiveas if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise

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dumbfoundeddumfoundedflabbergastedthunderstruckdumbstruckdumbstrickensurprised

adjectivein a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock

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dazedstunnedstupidconfused
Also see
dazeddumbfoundeddumbstrickendumbstruckflabbergastedslack-jawedstunnedstupidthunderstruck

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Esperanto stuporita
  • stuporitaExperiencing stupefaction
French stupéfié
  • stupéfiéExperiencing the effect of a mind-altering substance
German bestürzt, entsetzt
  • bestürztExperiencing stupefaction
  • entsetztExperiencing stupefaction
  • geschocktExperiencing stupefaction
  • betäubtExperiencing stupefaction
Latin torpidus, attonitus
  • torpidusExperiencing stupefaction
  • attonitusExperiencing stupefaction
Russian оцепене́вший, остолбене́вший
  • оцепене́вший (ocepenévšij)Experiencing the effect of a mind-altering substance
  • остолбене́вший (ostolbenévšij)Experiencing the effect of a mind-altering substance
Spanish estupefacto
  • estupefactoExperiencing stupefaction
Swedish omtöcknad
  • omtöcknadExperiencing stupefaction
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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