Thesaurus results for STUPEFY

stupefy

verb

ˈstü-pə-ˌfī

as in to amaze

to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected stupefied by the ruling that he could not compete because he missed the qualifying age by two days

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Recent Examples of stupefy Dark times shade even darker, and yet through it all, in ways both uplifting and stupefying, life goes on. —

Julia Hass, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025 Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone‘s doom-laden black comedy-thriller Bugonia stupefied and delighted the Venice Film Festival on Thursday night, drawing a rousing six-minute standing ovation after its world premiere inside the Italian water city’s Sala Grande cinema. —

Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025 The popularity Nirvana gained at stupefying speed and unmanageable proportions in 1991 is impossible to replicate in the culture and music industry of 2025. —

Chris R. Morgan, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025 As attractive as the idea has been, various analog AI schemes have not delivered in a way that could really take a bite out of AI’s stupefying energy appetite. —

IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for stupefy

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This natural sculpting resulted in stunning sandstone formations that amaze visitors who flock to the site, which is free and open to the public year-round.

— Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
Melissa's rapid intensification and high winds and atypical hurricane behavior amazed even some of the more experienced scientists who study tropical cyclones, thanks in part to its journey over some exceptionally warm waters in the Caribbean.

— Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026