英语词汇“stultify”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

When something stultifies you, it drains you of your energy, enthusiasm, or pleasure. A well-acted Shakespeare play can be a thrill. A poorly acted one can stultify like nothing else.

The verb stultify is sometimes used in place of "bore" or "exhaust," but only if something is so boring or exhausting that it makes you feel as though you might just die. It's a very negative word. If you're in a relationship that's stultifying, you should find a way out. Relationships should make you feel more alive, not less. Constant construction noise can have a stultifying effect, leaving a person almost unable to function.

WORD FAMILY

stultify: stultification, stultified, stultifies, stultifying+/stultification: stultifications

USAGE EXAMPLES

There’s no The Dark Knight turn, no fetishizing of violence or stultifying nihilism.

Time(Nov 28, 2016)

Yes, it had made her, but it had also stultified her – for many people, she will always be Princess Leia.

The Guardian(Nov 20, 2016)

There was nothing unhappy about his childhood, but there was something stultifying about suburbia.

The Guardian(Oct 29, 2016)

1v deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless

Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work

Syn|Hyper

cripple

weaken

lessen the strength of

2v cause to appear foolish

He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent

Hyper

blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast

subject to laughter or ridicule

3v prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence

nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself

Hyper

demonstrate, establish, prove, shew, show

establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

单词	stultify
释义	stultify (once / 9359 pages) v When something stultifies you, it drains you of your energy, enthusiasm, or pleasure. A well-acted Shakespeare play can be a thrill. A poorly acted one can stultify like nothing else. The verb stultify is sometimes used in place of "bore" or "exhaust," but only if something is so boring or exhausting that it makes you feel as though you might just die. It's a very negative word. If you're in a relationship that's stultifying, you should find a way out. Relationships should make you feel more alive, not less. Constant construction noise can have a stultifying effect, leaving a person almost unable to function. WORD FAMILY stultify: stultification, stultified, stultifies, stultifying+/stultification: stultifications USAGE EXAMPLES There’s no The Dark Knight turn, no fetishizing of violence or stultifying nihilism. Time(Nov 28, 2016) Yes, it had made her, but it had also stultified her – for many people, she will always be Princess Leia. The Guardian(Nov 20, 2016) There was nothing unhappy about his childhood, but there was something stultifying about suburbia. The Guardian(Oct 29, 2016) 1v deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work Syn\|Hyper cripple weaken lessen the strength of 2v cause to appear foolish He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent Hyper blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast subject to laughter or ridicule 3v prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself Hyper demonstrate, establish, prove, shew, show establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
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