- astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefying - so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying"
Antonym: unimpressive (indirect, via impressive)
- stupefying - making physically stupid or dull or insensible; "a stupefying blow to the head"; "the stupefying effects of hemp"
Antonyms: orienting, orientating (indirect, via disorienting)
- stupefying - shocking with surprise and consternation; "the stupefying impact of the tragedy"
Antonym: unalarming (indirect, via alarming)
- besot, stupefy - make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
--1 is one way to desensitize, desensitise
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun stupefaction3
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
--2 is one way to confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun stupefaction1
The bad news will stupefy him
The good news will stupefy her
- stun, stupefy - make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"
--3 is one way to immobilize, immobilise
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun stupefaction3
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something