stupefies
Renders completely senseless
Stupefies is the third-person singular of stupefy, meaning to stun or daze someone into a state of reduced mental function.
Alcohol or drugs can stupefy: The medication stupefied him for hours.
Shock or disbelief also stupefies: The news stupefies everyone who hears it.
The effect leaves someone unable to think clearly or respond normally.
Shocks with amazement
- astonishesShocks with wonder
- dumbfoundsShocks into silence
- flabbergastsOverwhelms with shock
- stunsOverwhelms with shock
staggers · dazzles · overwhelms · gobsmacks · floors · bowls over · takes aback · leaves speechless
Reduces force or feeling
- dullsReduces sharpness or intensity
- anesthetizesCauses loss of sensation
- paralyzesCauses total inability to move
- sedatesDrugs to calm
tranquilizes · desensitizes · blunts · dazes · benumbs · narcotizes · drugs · incapacitates
Causes mental disarray
- bafflesPerplexes or confuses deeply
- perplexesCauses mental confusion
- mystifiesConfuses thoroughly
- puzzlesProblems designed to challenge
befuddles · muddles · addles · fuddles · discombobulates · disorients · flummoxes · nonplusses
astounds
Shocks with amazement
- astonishesShocks with wonder
- dumbfoundsShocks into silence
- flabbergastsOverwhelms with shock
stuns · staggers · dazzles · overwhelms · gobsmacks · floors · bowls over · takes aback · leaves speechless · blows away
deadens
Reduces force or feeling
- dullsReduces sharpness or intensity
- anesthetizesCauses loss of sensation
- paralyzesCauses total inability to move
sedates · tranquilizes · desensitizes · blunts · dazes · benumbs · narcotizes · drugs · incapacitates · immobilizes
confuses
Causes mental disarray
puzzles · befuddles · muddles · addles · fuddles · discombobulates · disorients · flummoxes · nonplusses · obfuscates
- stunsamazes, astounds, dumbfounds, stuns, shocks
stupefiesenlightens
Imparts knowledge or insight
illuminates · elucidates · clarifies · educates · informs