stultify 音标拼音: [st'ʌltəf
, ɑɪ]
vt . 使显得愚笨,使变无效
使显得愚笨,使变无效
stultify v 1 :
prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone '
s incompetence ; "
nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself "
2 :
cause to appear foolish ; "
He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent "
3 :
deprive of strength or efficiency ;
make useless or worthless ;
"
This measure crippled our efforts "; "
Their behavior stultified the boss '
s hard work " [
synonym : {
cripple }, {
stultify }]
Stultify \
Stul "
ti *
fy \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Stultified };
p .
pr .
&
vb .
n . {
Stultifying }.] [
L .
stultus foolish -
fy .]
1 .
To make foolish ;
to make a fool of ;
as ,
to stultify one by imposition ;
to stultify one '
s self by silly reasoning or conduct . --
Burke .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
To regard as a fool ,
or as foolish . [
R .]
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1913 Webster ]
The modern sciolist stultifies all understanding but his own ,
and that which he conceives like his own .
--
Hazlitt .
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1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Law )
To allege or prove to be of unsound mind ,
so that the performance of some act may be avoided .
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1913 Webster ]
77 Moby Thesaurus words for "
stultify ":
annul ,
asphyxiate ,
befool ,
bottle up ,
bring to nothing ,
buffer ,
cancel ,
cancel out ,
censor ,
check ,
choke off ,
clamp down on ,
come to nothing ,
constipate ,
cork ,
cork up ,
counterbalance ,
crack down on ,
crush ,
damp down ,
deaden ,
discourage ,
drown ,
dull ,
dupe ,
enfeeble ,
extinguish ,
frustrate ,
gag ,
gull ,
hold down ,
impair ,
infatuate ,
inhibit ,
invalidate ,
jump on ,
keep down ,
keep under ,
kill ,
muzzle ,
negate ,
negativate ,
negative ,
neutralize ,
nullify ,
offset ,
pour water on ,
put down ,
put on ,
quash ,
quell ,
quench ,
repress ,
restrain ,
shut down on ,
silence ,
sit down on ,
sit on ,
smash ,
smother ,
squash ,
squelch ,
stagnate ,
stanch ,
stifle ,
strangle ,
stunt ,
subdue ,
suffocate ,
suppress ,
throttle ,
thwart ,
trammel ,
undo ,
vitiate ,
void ,
weaken
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