STULTIFY (stultified)
Dictionary entry overview: What does stultify mean?
• STULTIFY (verb)
The verb STULTIFY has 3 senses:
1. prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
2. cause to appear foolish
3. deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
Familiarity information: STULTIFY used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• STULTIFY (verb)
Meaning:
Prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself
Hypernyms (to "stultify" is one way to...):
demonstrate; establish; prove; shew; show (establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Cause to appear foolish
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent
Hypernyms (to "stultify" is one way to...):
blackguard; guy; jest at; laugh at; make fun; poke fun; rib; ridicule; roast (subject to laughter or ridicule)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
cripple; stultify
Context examples:
This measure crippled our efforts / Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work
Hypernyms (to "stultify" is one way to...):
weaken (lessen the strength of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
