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/stjˈuːpɪfˌaɪɪŋ/
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ADJECTIVE
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shocking with surprise and consternation
the stupefying impact of the tragedy -
so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm
suffered a staggering defeat
an astounding achievement
the amount of money required was staggering
such an enormous response was astonishing
the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying -
making physically stupid or dull or insensible
a stupefying blow to the head
the stupefying effects of hemp
How To Use stupefying In A Sentence
- This role of film as an instance of mass media is opposed to that of Adorno, who could only conceptualise the mass media as a means of stupefying the masses in a capitalist society.
- My research tells me that "plonking" may be defined as the art of making the utterly obvious stupefyingly clear! Recession, Inflation and Energy
- The controls are stupefyingly simple; swipe up to jump, left or right or turn, down to slide under stuff.
- It felt good to rise to motion after the long hours inside Niigata's stupefying catafalque. FLOATING CITY
- I felt rather sorry for him, having to find out stuff like this, and after going through my own share of shocks, I knew just how mind-wracking and stupefying this could be.
- Caught up, willy-nilly, in lawlessness of a sort were also numberless worthy members of the public, who faced a stupefying barrage of emergency laws passed on sumptuary, economic and security grounds.
- the stupefying effects of hemp
- the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying
- The Tribunal had found it "stupefying" that security had depended on Haradinaj, a war criminal. for the Tribunal's witnesses, there was great concern, and the friendship between WN.com - Photown News
- As I have been writing for years with stupefying redundancy - and obvious lack of success - this idea is a hoax.
