stultify
121bore — 1. verb 1) the movie bored us Syn: stultify, pall on, stupefy, weary, tire, fatigue, send to sleep, leave cold; bore to death, bore to tears; informal turn off 2) bore a hole in the ceiling Syn: drill …
122stir — 1. verb 1) stir the mixture well Syn: mix, blend, agitate; beat, whip, whisk, fold in 2) Travis stirred in his sleep Syn: move slightly, change one s position, shift 3) …
123burlesque — n 1. satire, lampoon, farce, spoof; caricature, cartoon, parody, travesty; Literature. mock heroic, mock tragedy; mockery, imitation, exaggeration, take off, macaronics. 2.U.S. Theater. peep show, striptease, girlie show, nudie; burletta,… …
124caricature — n 1. cartoon, portrait, sketch, drawing, representation, parody, spoof, farce, burlesque, takeoff; satire, lampoon, squib, pasquinade, travesty. v 2. mimic, imitate, ape, Inf. take off, Sl. make like; parody, satirize, lampoon, squib, burlesque,… …
125infatuate — v 1. stultify, besot, befool, make a fool of, Sl. make a monkey of. 2. enamor, endear, win or capture one s heart, take the fancy of, Inf. make a hit with; charm, captivate, intrigue, allure, beguile, turn one s head, Sl. turn on; entrance,… …
126stagnate — [v] deteriorate by lack of action constipate, decay, decline, fester, go to seed*, hibernate, idle, languish, lie fallow, not move, putrefy, rot, rust, stall, stand, stand still, stifle, stultify, trammel, vegetate; concepts 698,748 Ant. grow,… …
127stifle — [v] prevent, restrain asphyxiate, black out, bring to screeching halt*, burke, check, choke, choke back, clamp down*, clam up*, constipate, cork, cover up, crack down*, curb, dry up*, extinguish, gag, hold it down, hush, hush up, kill*, muffle,… …
128Nemo admittendus est inhibilitare seipsum — No one is permitted to stultify himself. Coody v Coody, 39 Okla 719, 136 P 754 …
