Associations to the word «Stupefy»

Wiktionary

STUPEFY, verb. To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to dazzle.

Dictionary definition

STUPEFY, verb. Make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation.
STUPEFY, verb. Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me".
STUPEFY, verb. Make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats