 |
stultify
Overview of verb stultify
The verb stultify has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. stultify -- (prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence; "nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself")
2. stultify -- (cause to appear foolish; "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent")
3. cripple, stultify -- (deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work")
Antonyms of verb stultify
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb stultify
3 senses of stultify
Sense 1
stultify
=> prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew
=> confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm
Sense 2
stultify
=> ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun
=> mock, bemock
=> treat, handle, do by
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 3
cripple, stultify
=> weaken
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb stultify
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb stultify
3 senses of stultify
Sense 1
stultify
=> prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew
Sense 2
stultify
=> ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun
Sense 3
cripple, stultify
=> weaken
'Cause To' of verb stultify
Derived Forms of verb stultify
2 of 3 senses of stultify
Sense 1
stultify
RELATED TO>(noun) stultification#1
=> stultification, befooling
Sense 2
stultify
RELATED TO>(noun) stultification#1
=> stultification, befooling
Domain of verb stultify
Domain Terms of verb stultify
Familiarity of verb stultify
stultify used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb stultify
3 senses of stultify
Sense 1
stultify
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
stultify
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
cripple, stultify
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb stultify
3 senses of stultify
Sense 1
stultify
> prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew
=> prove oneself
=> prove
=> negate, contradict
=> stultify
Sense 2
stultify
> ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun
=> tease
=> satirize, satirise, lampoon
=> debunk, expose
=> stultify
Sense 3
cripple, stultify
> weaken
=> de-energize, de-energise
=> break
=> devitalize, devitalise
=> shake
=> depress
=> unbrace
=> etiolate
=> cripple, stultify
=> dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
=> rarefy, attenuate
=> blunt
=> temper, season, mollify
=> enfeeble, debilitate, drain
=> enervate
=> dampen
=> neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negate
=> emasculate, castrate
=> wash out
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb stultify
Sense 1
stultify
=> prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew
--------------
Sense 2
stultify
=> ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun
--------------
Sense 3
cripple, stultify
=> weaken
--------------
Grep of verb stultify
stultify
|
|
