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stupefied

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verb

past tense of stupefy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stupefied
Adjective
  • Apart from the odd bewildered tourist or local going about their day, the vast majority of people in the carriage were heading to what most regarded as a ‘must-win’ match at home to Everton and the vibe, like the team’s results in 2025, was mixed.
    Simon Johnson, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Every lap felt like a mind-numbing carousel ride through car exhaust and past bewildered pedestrians, while inhaling burrito-scented air.
    Marley Dickinson, Outside Online, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The Doctor is worried the uncanny resemblance is more than just a coincidence, and is amazed by the strength of the genetic link between two people living three millennia apart.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Perhaps the two Greek architects, Isidore and Anthemius would be as amazed as the tourists are.
    Danuta Hamlin, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The feeling in the crowd was a kind of dazed submission.
    Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
  • While fielding applause at her Symphony Center show on Friday, harpist Brandee Younger made a dazed confession.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • For the coveted shoot, the Olympic athlete stunned in a variety of looks.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • However, most were stunned at Dawn's story.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • As a result, the dwarf planet likely has an abundance of highly shocked material, which could be an important target for future sampling missions there.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Dia is shocked when she’s chosen for a highly coveted internship, along with six other teenagers from around the world.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • If readers are confused, consider yet again that Instagram could claim all of 30 million users when its acquisition was announced.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Those who lost their Medicaid health care reported being unaware or confused about how to report work hours.
    Phil Galewitz, NPR, 15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Tucker Wetmore is still a little astonished by his success.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The following day, at a Dunkin’ beneath the Capitol complex, Rhodes held forth to astonished journalists about the righteousness of the assault.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Even internal morale can take a hit when leadership appears distracted or unstable.
    David Centeno, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • June fills in her friend on Mayday's plan to come back, kill the distracted commanders, and free all the girls.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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