Stupefies - English meaning

verb

Administer an anaesthetic to (a person or animal), especially so as to induce a loss of consciousness.

Usage examples:

I was called to casualty to anaesthetize a patient

verb

To give anaesthetic (= a substance that makes you unable to feel pain) to a person or animal

Usage examples:

My doctor said i will not need to be anaesthetized during the procedure., making sure the patient i…

verb

Make (someone) unable to think clearly.

Usage examples:

The logic used to arrive at this conclusion befuddles me

verb

To confuse someone

Usage examples:

Federer has a wide repertoire of clever shots that befuddle even the best of his opponents.

verb

Deprive of physical or emotional feeling.

Usage examples:

The flood of images and alerts coming through social networks is benumbing us

verb

(especially of an emotional or physical shock) make (someone) unable to think or react properly.

Usage examples:

She was dazed by his revelations

noun

A state of stunned confusion or bewilderment.

Usage examples:

He was walking around in a daze

noun

A medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body.

Usage examples:

A new drug aimed at sufferers from parkinson's disease

verb

Administer a drug to (someone) in order to induce stupor or insensibility.

Usage examples:

They were drugged to keep them quiet

verb

A substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic

verb

Make (someone) drunk; intoxicate.

Usage examples:

It is a rum-based drink designed more to inebriate the masses than to please the palate

noun

A drunkard.

Usage examples:

He was marked down as an inebriate

adjective

Drunk; intoxicated.

Usage examples:

He had been known to get hopelessly inebriate

verb

(of alcoholic drink or a drug) cause (someone) to lose control of their faculties or behaviour.

Usage examples:

We don't allow people into sessions if they are intoxicated by alcohol or drugs

verb

(of alcohol or another drug) to make someone lose some control of their actions or behaviour

Usage examples:

The plant has the power to heal or intoxicate., it took surprisingly little drink to intoxicate him…

verb

Affect with or as if with a narcotic drug.

Usage examples:

They wanted to narcotize you so you wouldn't be sensitive to them

adjective

(of a part of the body) deprived of the power of physical sensation.

Usage examples:

My feet were numb with cold

verb

Deprive of feeling or responsiveness.

Usage examples:

The cold had numbed her senses

adjective

Calm, dignified, and unhurried.

Usage examples:

In the old days, business was carried on at a rather more sedate pace

verb

Calm (someone) or make them sleep by administering a sedative drug.

Usage examples:

She was heavily sedated

adjective

Calm and controlled, and often traditional in habit or manner

Usage examples:

She preferred standard ballads and sedate pop tunes to rock music.

verb

Knock unconscious or into a dazed or semi-conscious state.

Usage examples:

The man was stunned by a blow to the head

verb

Make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow

verb

To shock someone so much that the person does not know how to react

Usage examples:

She was stunned by his generous offer., he was stunned by the sudden blow to his head.

verb

(of a drug) have a calming or sedative effect on.

Usage examples:

One dose will tranquillize a 10,000 pound elephant

verb

To make an animal or person become unconscious or calm, especially with a drug

Usage examples:

A tranquillizing drug, the dogs were tranquillized with a dart gun and taken to a shelter.