Nearby Words
stupefied
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dizzy, stunned |
| Synonyms: | befuddled, confused, dazed, dopey, drunken, faint, hazy, out of it, punch-drunk, punchy, reeling, shaky, slaphappy, staggering, stupefied, swaying, tired, unsteady, weak, whirling, wobbly, woozy |
| Antonyms: | clear, clear-headed, cognizant |
| Main Entry: | numb |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deadened, insensitive |
| Synonyms: | aloof, anesthetized, apathetic, asleep, benumbed, callous, casual, comatose, dazed, dead, detached, disinterested, frozen, immobilized, incurious, indifferent, insensate, insensible, insentient, lethargic, listless, numbed, paralyzed, phlegmatic, remote, senseless, stupefied, stuporous, torpid, unconcerned, unconscious, uncurious, unfeeling, uninterested |
| Antonyms: | lively, responsive, sensitive |
| Main Entry: | stunned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dazed |
| Synonyms: | aghast, amazed, astonished, astounded, bewildered, blown away, bowled over, breathless, confounded, confused, dismayed, dumbfounded, flabbergasted, floored, frozen, numb, overcome, overwhelmed, shocked, speechless, startled, stumped, stupefied, surprised, taken aback |
| Main Entry: | stupid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not intelligent; irresponsible |
| Synonyms: | brainless, dazed, deficient, dense, dim, doltish, dopey, dull, dumb, dummy*, foolish, futile, gullible, half-baked, half-witted, idiotic, ill-advised, imbecilic, inane, indiscreet, insensate, irrelevant, laughable, loser*, ludicrous, meaningless, mindless, moronic, naive, nonsensical, obtuse, out to lunch, pointless, puerile, rash, senseless, shortsighted, simple, simpleminded, slow, sluggish, stolid, stupefied, thick, thick-headed, trivial, unintelligent, unthinking, witless |
| Notes: | stupid refers to lack of ability while ignorant refers to lack of knowledge |
| Antonyms: | cognizant, intelligent, responsible, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unconscious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not awake; out cold |
| Synonyms: | benumbed, blacked out, bombed, cold*, comatose, dead to the world, drowsy, entranced, feeling no pain, flattened, in a trance, inanimate, inert, insensate, insensible, knocked, lethargic, numb, on the canvas, out, out like a light, palsied, paralyzed, passed out, put away, raving, senseless, stunned, stupefied, swooning, torpid, tranced, zonked |
| Antonyms: | awake, aware, conscious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | befuddled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
| Synonyms: | baffled, bewildered, dumbfounded, mixed up, slaphappy, stumped, stupefied |
| Antonyms: | clear, clearheaded |
| Main Entry: | paralyzed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insensible |
| Synonyms: | benumbed, crippled, disabled, helpless, inactive, incapacitated, inert, nerveless, paralytic, stupefied, torpid, unmoving |
| Main Entry: | surprised |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | taken aback |
| Synonyms: | alarmed, astonished, astounded, bewildered, confounded, dazed, frightened, shocked, startled, stunned, stupefied |
| Antonyms: | aware, calm, poised |
| Main Entry: | shocked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amazed |
| Synonyms: | aghast, appalled, appalling, astonished, degrading, deplorable, dismayed, frightened, humiliating, infra dig, jarred, opprobrious, percussive, shocking, squeamish, stupefied, ugly, vulgar |
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