stupefy

Verb

Verb Forms: stupefied, stupefying, stupefies

To dull the senses or faculties; to make stupid.
make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
be a mystery or bewildering to
make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.
To astonish or stun, especially as a result of some distressing action.
To deprive a material of the ability to undergo change or movement, especially deformation.

Examples

a stupefying drug; a stupefacient
He stupefied her by means of chloroform, a general anaesthetic.
The police's negligence and callousness continued to stupefy her.
The sheer genius of his Words With Friends play seemed to stupefy his opponent.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle French stupéfier, from Latin stupefaciō (“strike dumb, stun with amazement, stupefy”), from stupeō (“I am stunned, speechless”) (English stupid, stupor) + faciō (“do, make”).

Synonyms

amaze, baffle, beat, besot, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stun, vex

Scrabble Score: 15

stupefy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
stupefy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stupefy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

stupefy: valid Words With Friends Word