All 10 Uses
stupefy
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Around the World in 80 Days
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- Passepartout opened wide his eyes, raised his eyebrows, held up his hands, and seemed about to collapse, so overcome was he with stupefied astonishment.†
Chpt 4 *stupefied = made unable to think; or completely surprised
- Mr. Fogg and Sir Francis stood erect, the Parsee bowed his head, and Passepartout was, no doubt, scarcely less stupefied.†
Chpt 13
- The guide made her drink a little brandy and water, but the drowsiness which stupefied her could not yet be shaken off.†
Chpt 14
- The judge stared with astonishment, and the priests were stupefied.†
Chpt 15
- Passepartout was stupefied.†
Chpt 15
- The bed already supported twenty of these stupefied sots.†
Chpt 19
- Fix, stupefied, followed; it seemed as if he were attached to Mr. Fogg by an invisible thread.†
Chpt 20
- But the Frenchman did not appear, and, without doubt, was still lying under the stupefying influence of the opium.†
Chpt 20stupefying = making one unable to think; or completely surprising
- The next day a passenger with a half-stupefied eye, staggering gait, and disordered hair, was seen to emerge from the second cabin, and to totter to a seat on deck.†
Chpt 22stupefied = made unable to think; or completely surprised
- Three hours later, pursued even in his dreams by a fixed idea, the poor fellow awoke, and struggled against the stupefying influence of the narcotic.†
Chpt 22stupefying = making one unable to think; or completely surprising
Definitions:
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(1)
(stupefy) make one unable to think; or to completely surprise
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)