All 4 Uses of
stupefy
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- He stood, stupefied, wondering how he, after all a man of intelligence, could have yielded to such folly, have been led into such an adventure, and have kept it up for almost twenty-four hours, fussing round this Lyagavy, wetting his head.†
Chpt 8
- Mitya was stupefied.†
Chpt 8 *
- Latin and Greek were introduced because they are a bore and because they stupefy the intellect.†
Chpt 10
- Well, all the classical authors have been translated into all languages, so it was not for the sake of studying the classics they introduced Latin, but solely as a police measure, to stupefy the intelligence.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
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(stupefy) make one unable to think; or to completely surprise