as in to amaze
to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected
stupefied by the ruling that he could not compete because he missed the qualifying age by two days
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Recent Examples of stupefy
Clutter offers an antidote to the stupefying standardisation of so much of modern life.
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Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 11 Oct. 2024
That would have been enough against a group of Giants hitters that was stupefied by Webb’s opponent, Dylan Cease, but Manny Machado and Xander Bogaerts teamed up to tack on one more before the first was over, and the unearned run in the fourth made it 4-0.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2024
Away from the stage, guests at the three-day event were entertained by a dinnertime appearance by tennis legend Andy Murray (who is, by his own admission, already turning into a monster golfer in his retirement) and magician Dynamo, whose close-hand tricks are truly stupefying to witness.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2024
Eventually, our future mogul will be sitting on a stupefying fortune, all held in a USA, and all entirely exempt from income tax.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2024
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Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 11 Oct. 2024
That would have been enough against a group of Giants hitters that was stupefied by Webb’s opponent, Dylan Cease, but Manny Machado and Xander Bogaerts teamed up to tack on one more before the first was over, and the unearned run in the fourth made it 4-0.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2024
Away from the stage, guests at the three-day event were entertained by a dinnertime appearance by tennis legend Andy Murray (who is, by his own admission, already turning into a monster golfer in his retirement) and magician Dynamo, whose close-hand tricks are truly stupefying to witness.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2024
Eventually, our future mogul will be sitting on a stupefying fortune, all held in a USA, and all entirely exempt from income tax.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stupefy
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The Chiefs didn’t amaze us on an every-game basis, not really, anyway.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
14 Feb. 2025
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The Met’s exhibition amazes in two contradictory ways: as a reappreciation of Rudolph’s artistry and as an assessment of his impact on the American city.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
2 Oct. 2024
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Father stunned when stranger pays his restaurant bill A dad having breakfast with his kids was amazed when a stranger out of nowhere took care of his bill.—
Christine Rousselle,
Fox News,
8 Feb. 2025
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They were stunned by the incandescence of her skin.—
Beth Landman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Feb. 2025
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In the end, Torres’ exhaustive devotion to detail proved effective in ways that surprised even her.—
Seth Abramovitch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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The final scene of the final episode of Cobra Kai is a pitch-perfect callback to a scene in the original 1984 Karate Kid movie where Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) surprises Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita) by catching a fly with his chopsticks.—
Breanne L. Heldman,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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Understandably, the incident astonished both experts and the flying public.—
Gary Stix,
Scientific American,
30 Jan. 2025
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Cohn was particularly astonished by the work of Ferenc Szöllősi (opens a new tab), a Hungarian mathematician who intentionally started with a suboptimal arrangement of spheres in dimension four and built on it to match the best existing estimate in dimension five (opens a new tab).—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Jan. 2025
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The shocking roar of a vehicle’s engine can startle wildlife.—
Alexandra Owens,
AFAR Media,
10 Feb. 2025
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Jo explained that people with frequent views of auroras tended to draw more positive conclusions about them than those who may have been startled by the sight of them.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Feb. 2025
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An Orange County teacher arrested last week for asking children to show their genitals was interviewed by law enforcement regarding the disappearance of Madeline Soto, the 13-year-old girl whose killing last year shocked Central Florida.—
Silas Morgan,
Orlando Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2025
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But then what happened next shocked the station execs who ran it and media buyers who approved the spot even more: West immediately flipped the website after the ad aired, replacing its previous content with just one item: A swastika T-shirt for sale, at $20 each.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2025
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