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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesstupéfier
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sty-pe-fye
"Cette nouvelle a de quoi stupéfier tout le monde."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To make someone unable to think or feel properly; to stun, daze, or deaden.
"The sheer volume of the explosion threatened to stupefy everyone nearby." - 2
To astonish or shock someone so greatly that they are temporarily unable to speak.
"The magician's final illusion never failed to stupefy the audience."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the late Middle French 'stupéfier', which stems from the Latin 'stupefacere', combining 'stuppere' (to be numb or amazed) and 'facere' (to make). It entered the English language in the 16th century, originally denoting the act of making someone insensible or dull, before expanding metaphorically to mean overwhelming with astonishment.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Stupefy" is said worldwide
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stupéfier
Transliteration: sty-pe-fye
"Cette nouvelle a de quoi stupéfier tout le monde."
betäuben
Transliteration: be-toy-ben
"Der Lärm schien die Arbeiter zu betäuben."
stupefare
Transliteration: stu-pe-fa-re
"Le sue capacità linguistiche riescono a stupefare chiunque."
estupefactar
Transliteration: es-tu-pe-fak-tar
"Sus declaraciones lograron estupefactar a la audiencia."
estupefazer
Transliteration: es-tu-pe-fa-zer
"A magnitude da descoberta vai estupefazer os cientistas."
स्तब्ध करना
Transliteration: stabdh karna
"यह दुर्घटना सभी को स्तब्ध करने वाली थी।"
使呆滞
Transliteration: shǐ dāizhì
"这个消息把大家都惊呆了。"
멍하게 하다
Transliteration: meong-ha-ge ha-da
"그 소식은 모든 사람을 멍하게 만들었다."
呆然とさせる
Transliteration: bozen to saseru
"彼の素晴らしいパフォーマンスは観客を呆然とさせた。"
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