stupify
Leave someone speechless
Stupefy is the standard spelling; stupify is a common variant.
To stupefy is to stun or daze, especially through shock, drugs, or overwhelming force: The blow stupefied him.
It also means to astonish into mental numbness: She was stupefied by the news.
The adjective stupefying describes things that dull the mind through boredom or excess: stupefying heat, stupefying tedium.
Overwhelm with wonder
- astoundShock with wonder
- dumbfoundShock into silence
- flabbergastShock into speechlessness
- staggerWalk unsteadily, sway
stun · shock · awe · gobsmacked · thunderstruck · speechless · incredulity · disbelief
Bewildered mental state
- sedateCalm and unhurried
- anesthetizeRender insensible to pain
- drugActive chemical compound
- tranquilizeInduce calm chemically
narcotize · benumb · deaden · blunt · dull · torpor · insensibility · grogginess
amaze
Overwhelm with wonder
- astoundShock with wonder
- dumbfoundShock into silence
- flabbergastShock into speechlessness
stagger · stun · shock · awe · gobsmacked · thunderstruck · speechless · incredulity · disbelief · overwhelm
daze
Bewildered mental state
- sedateCalm and unhurried
- anesthetizeRender insensible to pain
- drugActive chemical compound
tranquilize · narcotize · benumb · deaden · blunt · dull · torpor · insensibility · grogginess · lethargy
confound
To thoroughly puzzle
confuse · mystify · puzzle · nonplus · discombobulate · muddle · disorient · addle · fuddle · bemuse
stupifyawaken
Rouse from slumber
rouse · enlighten · alert · enliven · invigorate
- playing stupidPretending to lack knowledge
- plays stupidPretends to lack understanding
- played stupidPretended to lack knowledge
- stupid personIntellectually deficient individual
- stupid idiot
- stupid o'clockUnreasonably early or late