stupefy meaning and definition

STUPEFY verb

Definition of stupefy (verb)

1. make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
   • synonyms: besot
2. 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"
   • synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, vex
3. make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
   • "stun fish"
   • synonyms: stun