stupefied

Questions about stupefied

What does stupefied mean?

stupefied means "as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stupefied?

stupefied has 3 syllables: stu-pe-fied. The stress falls on "stu".

What is another word for stupefied?

Close synonyms include dumbfounded, dumfounded, flabbergasted, thunderstruck, dumbstruck. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stupefied a common word?

stupefied is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.