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stupefied

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verb

past tense of stupefy

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of stupefied
Adjective
The boy is stupefied, snot intermingling with the puke dripping from his mouth to his navel. Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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 Even Adorno might have been stupefied. Jon Raymond august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stupefied
Adjective
  • The stunned silence after her answer kind of says it all.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • What has left me completely stunned is that Labubus are on sale, too—just not on Amazon.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Wounded and bewildered, Theresa vows—silently—never to have that feeling again, never to be at anyone else’s mercy.
    Hilton Als, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • As Friday’s stabbing incident involving NFL alum Mark Sanchez slowly comes into focus, the team at Fox Sports seems to be just as bewildered as the rest of us.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Through it all, your professionalism, determination, dedication, and spirit of collaboration have inspired me and amazed me time and time again.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Shares of Oracle surged 36% in yesterday’s session after the company’s cloud growth estimates amazed Wall Street.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The shocked look on Byrne’s face, captured in one take, is genuine.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Lewis and Picardo collapsed into tears, and Candy’s family was shocked.
    Makena Gera, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • When Ron takes a seat, the chair falls out from under him and breaks, leaving him dazed and sprawled on the floor.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Philadelphia’s defense seemed dazed and ill-prepared for Dart’s precision, composure and dual-threat ability.
    Andy Behrens, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Plainly, Miami was surprised by how Louisville came out, Cards coach Jeff Brohm one-up on Cristobal’s staff.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
  • But one woman's response to a fairly common interview question has surprised viewers on social media, leaving them in hysterics with her peculiar answer.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Under Kidman's Practical Magic 2 post, fans in the comments expressed excitement about the forthcoming sequel to the witchy cult classic — which was based on the 1995 Alice Hoffman novel of the same name — while others seemed astonished that filming for the movie has already finished.
    Nigel Smith, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, The Pitt only has two wins so far, but Shawn Hatosy wins most astonished speech.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Officers were apparently confused.
    Aida Alami, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
  • One of the artists looked at me a little confused.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Stupefied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stupefied. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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