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as in stunned
affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise
gazed, stupefied, as humanoids with large heads emerged from the crashed UFO
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as in dazed
suffering from mental confusion
when the plane began to nose-dive, the stupefied passengers were unsure how to act
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as in amazed
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 stupefied
Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Even Adorno might have been stupefied.
—Jon Raymond
august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The boy is stupefied, snot intermingling with the puke dripping from his mouth to his navel.
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Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone‘s doom-laden black comedy-thriller Bugonia stupefied and delighted the Venice Film Festival on Thursday night, drawing a rousing six-minute standing ovation after its world premiere inside the Italian water city’s Sala Grande cinema.
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Farley, who looks stunned, examines it.—
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The woman shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis was a loving mother, a poet and a partner whose family – along with neighbors across her stunned city and strangers far beyond – is shocked by the circumstances surrounding her death.—
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The scramble to get the show launched has left Tierney and Brady a bit dazed.—
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Meanwhile, the Golden Globes has officially added a podcast category, and even though no one quite knows what to make of it, folks seem dazed enough to roll with it nevertheless.—
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The universe amazed me yet again.—
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In 1905, German zoologist Gustav Tornier described a live-bearing toad from Tanzania that amazed scientists of his time.—
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The mom of two could be seen typing and looking animatedly at her screen, appearing shocked.—
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Fans on social media are mostly excited (and a little shocked) at this latest bakery item.—
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Snook and Lacy, who display such sharp instincts in their best work, seem to have been directed to overact; cameras freeze on their exaggeratedly bewildered or angry or devastated expressions, putting exclamation points at the end of too many scenes.—
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Instead, a bewildered stranger answers the door.—
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Babz didn’t have much to worry about, as the Patriots surprised him with a 14-3 record, claiming the AFC East title.—
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Lucy Dacus surprised fans by bringing out Chappell Roan during a benefit concert for Sudan and Palestine relief efforts in Los Angeles.—
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After another four strikeouts on the mound, Ohtani hit his third home run of the night in the seventh inning, traveling 427 feet into the stands full of astonished Dodgers fans.—
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Under Kidman's Practical Magic 2 post, fans in the comments expressed excitement about the forthcoming sequel to the witchy cult classic — which was based on the 1995 Alice Hoffman novel of the same name — while others seemed astonished that filming for the movie has already finished.—
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Goedert scored his second touchdown on a fourth-and-2 leaving a confused Malik Mustapha behind him in the left flat.—
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Yet many of its citizens feel both whiplashed and confused.—
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“Stupefied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stupefied. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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