stupefyingn.

Brit.

/ˈstjuːpᵻfʌɪɪŋ/,

/ˈstʃuːpᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈst(j)upəˌfaɪɪŋ/

Forms: see stupefy v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: stupefy v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < stupefy v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier stupefaction n.

The action or process of stupefy v. (in various senses); stupefaction; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > want of or incapacity for emotion > becoming

deading1607

stupefying1614

zombification1968

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [noun] > state of physical stupefaction > physically stupefying

stupefaction?a1425

stupefying1614

stupification1650

1614 J. White Def. Way True Church xxiii. 195 We see it tends to the stupifying of the word by blind, and brutish obedience, that there need be no trauell in religion it selfe, but onely a religious care.

1673 W. Penn Christian-Quaker xx. 585 The Stupifyings of Sin.

a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1770) IV. 27 The benumbing and stupefying of so important a Principle of their Nature.

1856 H. Mayhew Great World London i. 46 Those who hocus or plunder persons by stupefying; as ‘drummers’, who drug liquor.

1948 Copeia 1948 95 The stupefying of a great variety of fishes with rotenone was most effective at the lowest stage of water.

2008 Crit. Inq. 34 463 Art progressed, over the last four decades, toward a kind of stupefying of expectation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

stupefyingadj.

Brit.

/ˈstjuːpᵻfʌɪɪŋ/,

/ˈstʃuːpᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈst(j)upəˌfaɪɪŋ/

Forms: see stupefy v. and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: stupefy v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < stupefy v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier stupefactive adj.

1. That causes a loss of physical sensation or consciousness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > [adjective] > causing stupefaction

amazing?c1425

stupefying1585

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [adjective] > physically stupefied > physically stupefying

dazingc1400

stupefactive?a1425

stupefying1585

obstupefactive1605

stupefacient1669

intoxicative1676

stuporific1771

instupefying1834

obstupefacient1857

1585 W. Bayley Disc. Mithridatium sig. B7^v If that stupefying and dormitory power in Opium, doth depend rather of property of substance, then of manifest cooling quality, as some do argue.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Noix vomique,..is of a poisonous, deadly, and stupifying qualitie.

a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd ii. viii. 45 in Wks. (1640) III The dead-numming Night-shade! The stupifying Hemlock!

1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Wine The Effects they have upon the human Body are rather stupifying than inebriating.

1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Greece & Greeks II. xvi. 155 A cave, out of which..a stupefying exhalation ascended.

1933 Chicago Tribune 8 June ii. 19/3 He trains for stamina, reckons to achieve his results by many punches rather than by any single stupefying blow.

2004 S. Mehta Maximum City 167 He chases..thieves who administer stupefying drugs to travellers and rob them of their possessions.

a. That causes a state of intellectual or spiritual dullness, numbness, or apathy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > causing

leaden1579

stupefying1617

benumbing1628

bedulling1656

obstupefying1660

lethargic1718

sopient1804

torporizing1822

torporific1825

lethargizing1827

torpid1830

deadening1875

1617 tr. M. A. de Dominis Serm. upon Romanes xiii. 12 14 The night of blinding ignorance, and tyrannizing sinne..; stupifying negligence, and infecting error.

1685 J. Flavel Πνευματολογία 76 O the stupefying and besotting nature of sin! O the efficacy and power of spiritual delusions!

1818 Weekly Entertainer 7 Sept. 715 A stupefying melancholy seems to seize her, and when deprived of the first object of her cares, existence itself appears to have lost its charms.

1850 W. C. Macready Diary 24 Feb. (1912) II. 457 My grief was dull and stupefying. I could not weep.

a1913 U. M. Rose Addresses (1917) 150 All real progress was at an end, and a general and stupefying stagnation ensued for centuries, during which nothing was invented and no book of any value was written.

2007 J. Ross Dallas Women's Guide to Gold-digging with Pride iv. 45 We are all lulled into that stupefying contentment of having our basic desires met.

b. spec. Modifying nouns denoting tedium, as banality, monotony, etc.In some cases perhaps intended in the sense ‘remarkable, astounding’ or as a simple intensifier; cf. sense 3 and stupefyingly adv.

ΚΠ

1833 J. F. W. Herschel in Atlas 22 Sept. 612/3 The stupefying monotony of some sedentary occupation.

1920 M. Reynolds Learned Lady in Eng. 215 The total effect of these tales of passion is one of almost stupefying dullness and monotony.

1960 Times 1 Dec. 7/3 Odds and ends of Albeniz.., with every detail of the music mirrored with stupefying literalness in the dancing.

2015 Church Times 18 Sept. 28/4 Whether or not the march in the first movement represents the German invaders..it remains a tune..of stupefying banality.

3. That causes shock or astonishment; astounding, astonishing, stunning.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective]

wonderlyc893

wonderfula1100

wondera1175

wondersa1300

marvellousc1330

marvela1400

marvelly?a1400

mirablec1429

admirablec1450

marvellablec1450

mirific1490

wondrous1509

extonious1548

portentious1549

miraculous1569

geason1572

mirificalc1572

astounding1590

amazing1593

wonderedc1595

admiring1598

prodigious1600

astonishable1603

fabulous1609

wondered-at?1611

necromantic1627

stupendous1640

nigromantic1645

mirandous1652

surprising1665

mirabundous1694

astonishinga1704

wondersome1774

sublime1813

nasty1834

kill-me-quite1842

breathtaking1843

breath-catching1865

miracle-working1867

mouth opening1867

stupefying1870

gee whiz1889

scorching1890

doozy1903

sensational1909

eye-popping1918

wunnerful1924

crashing1931

staggering1934

eyewatering1950

mind-boggling1955

Ozymandian1961

knock-out1966

mind-blowing1966

motherfucking1973

boggling1975

gobsmacking1981

tubular1982

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] > stunning

stupendiousa1549

obstupefactive1605

stounding1608

stupendous1618

stupend1621

stunning1667

stupefactive1689

stupefying1870

reeling1896

drop-dead1962

1870 St. Louis (Missouri) Christian Advocate 3 Aug. 1/4 That it should have been reserved to this age for an audacity so stupendous to have perpetrated an outrage on common sense so unreasonable, seems really stupefying to the common mind.

1897 ‘M. Twain’ Following Equator xlvi. 427 The revelations were so stupefying that Sleeman was not able to believe them.

1904 ‘M. Corelli’ God's Good Man (1906) xxii. 367 Had a bombshell suddenly exploded in the dining-room, the effect could hardly have been more stupefying than these words.

1985 T. Parks Tongues of Flame I. 20 Adrian stomped out of the study: he..slammed the front door as well... ‘Stupefying!’ my father muttered.

2002 Village Voice (N.Y.) 1 Jan. 114/4 The bargeloads of thorny reality the movie evades are stupefying.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stupefying
释义	stupefyingn. Brit. /ˈstjuːpᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, /ˈstʃuːpᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈst(j)upəˌfaɪɪŋ/ Forms: see stupefy v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: stupefy v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < stupefy v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier stupefaction n. The action or process of stupefy v. (in various senses); stupefaction; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > want of or incapacity for emotion > becoming deading1607 stupefying1614 zombification1968 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [noun] > state of physical stupefaction > physically stupefying stupefaction?a1425 stupefying1614 stupification1650 1614 J. White Def. Way True Church xxiii. 195 We see it tends to the stupifying of the word by blind, and brutish obedience, that there need be no trauell in religion it selfe, but onely a religious care. 1673 W. Penn Christian-Quaker xx. 585 The Stupifyings of Sin. a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1770) IV. 27 The benumbing and stupefying of so important a Principle of their Nature. 1856 H. Mayhew Great World London i. 46 Those who hocus or plunder persons by stupefying; as ‘drummers’, who drug liquor. 1948 Copeia 1948 95 The stupefying of a great variety of fishes with rotenone was most effective at the lowest stage of water. 2008 Crit. Inq. 34 463 Art progressed, over the last four decades, toward a kind of stupefying of expectation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). stupefyingadj. Brit. /ˈstjuːpᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, /ˈstʃuːpᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈst(j)upəˌfaɪɪŋ/ Forms: see stupefy v. and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: stupefy v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < stupefy v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier stupefactive adj. 1. That causes a loss of physical sensation or consciousness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > [adjective] > causing stupefaction amazing?c1425 stupefying1585 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [adjective] > physically stupefied > physically stupefying dazingc1400 stupefactive?a1425 stupefying1585 obstupefactive1605 stupefacient1669 intoxicative1676 stuporific1771 instupefying1834 obstupefacient1857 1585 W. Bayley Disc. Mithridatium sig. B7^v If that stupefying and dormitory power in Opium, doth depend rather of property of substance, then of manifest cooling quality, as some do argue. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Noix vomique,..is of a poisonous, deadly, and stupifying qualitie. a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd ii. viii. 45 in Wks. (1640) III The dead-numming Night-shade! The stupifying Hemlock! 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Wine The Effects they have upon the human Body are rather stupifying than inebriating. 1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Greece & Greeks II. xvi. 155 A cave, out of which..a stupefying exhalation ascended. 1933 Chicago Tribune 8 June ii. 19/3 He trains for stamina, reckons to achieve his results by many punches rather than by any single stupefying blow. 2004 S. Mehta Maximum City 167 He chases..thieves who administer stupefying drugs to travellers and rob them of their possessions. 2. a. That causes a state of intellectual or spiritual dullness, numbness, or apathy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > causing leaden1579 stupefying1617 benumbing1628 bedulling1656 obstupefying1660 lethargic1718 sopient1804 torporizing1822 torporific1825 lethargizing1827 torpid1830 deadening1875 1617 tr. M. A. de Dominis Serm. upon Romanes xiii. 12 14 The night of blinding ignorance, and tyrannizing sinne..; stupifying negligence, and infecting error. 1685 J. Flavel Πνευματολογία 76 O the stupefying and besotting nature of sin! O the efficacy and power of spiritual delusions! 1818 Weekly Entertainer 7 Sept. 715 A stupefying melancholy seems to seize her, and when deprived of the first object of her cares, existence itself appears to have lost its charms. 1850 W. C. Macready Diary 24 Feb. (1912) II. 457 My grief was dull and stupefying. I could not weep. a1913 U. M. Rose Addresses (1917) 150 All real progress was at an end, and a general and stupefying stagnation ensued for centuries, during which nothing was invented and no book of any value was written. 2007 J. Ross Dallas Women's Guide to Gold-digging with Pride iv. 45 We are all lulled into that stupefying contentment of having our basic desires met. b. spec. Modifying nouns denoting tedium, as banality, monotony, etc.In some cases perhaps intended in the sense ‘remarkable, astounding’ or as a simple intensifier; cf. sense 3 and stupefyingly adv. ΚΠ 1833 J. F. W. Herschel in Atlas 22 Sept. 612/3 The stupefying monotony of some sedentary occupation. 1920 M. Reynolds Learned Lady in Eng. 215 The total effect of these tales of passion is one of almost stupefying dullness and monotony. 1960 Times 1 Dec. 7/3 Odds and ends of Albeniz.., with every detail of the music mirrored with stupefying literalness in the dancing. 2015 Church Times 18 Sept. 28/4 Whether or not the march in the first movement represents the German invaders..it remains a tune..of stupefying banality. 3. That causes shock or astonishment; astounding, astonishing, stunning. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] wonderlyc893 wonderfula1100 wondera1175 wondersa1300 marvellousc1330 marvela1400 marvelly?a1400 mirablec1429 admirablec1450 marvellablec1450 mirific1490 wondrous1509 extonious1548 portentious1549 miraculous1569 geason1572 mirificalc1572 astounding1590 amazing1593 wonderedc1595 admiring1598 prodigious1600 astonishable1603 fabulous1609 wondered-at?1611 necromantic1627 stupendous1640 nigromantic1645 mirandous1652 surprising1665 mirabundous1694 astonishinga1704 wondersome1774 sublime1813 nasty1834 kill-me-quite1842 breathtaking1843 breath-catching1865 miracle-working1867 mouth opening1867 stupefying1870 gee whiz1889 scorching1890 doozy1903 sensational1909 eye-popping1918 wunnerful1924 crashing1931 staggering1934 eyewatering1950 mind-boggling1955 Ozymandian1961 knock-out1966 mind-blowing1966 motherfucking1973 boggling1975 gobsmacking1981 tubular1982 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adjective] > stunning stupendiousa1549 obstupefactive1605 stounding1608 stupendous1618 stupend1621 stunning1667 stupefactive1689 stupefying1870 reeling1896 drop-dead1962 1870 St. Louis (Missouri) Christian Advocate 3 Aug. 1/4 That it should have been reserved to this age for an audacity so stupendous to have perpetrated an outrage on common sense so unreasonable, seems really stupefying to the common mind. 1897 ‘M. Twain’ Following Equator xlvi. 427 The revelations were so stupefying that Sleeman was not able to believe them. 1904 ‘M. Corelli’ God's Good Man (1906) xxii. 367 Had a bombshell suddenly exploded in the dining-room, the effect could hardly have been more stupefying than these words. 1985 T. Parks Tongues of Flame I. 20 Adrian stomped out of the study: he..slammed the front door as well... ‘Stupefying!’ my father muttered. 2002 Village Voice (N.Y.) 1 Jan. 114/4 The bargeloads of thorny reality the movie evades are stupefying. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1614adj.1585
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