stultify C2 Topic:Actions & Processes US /ˈstʌltɪfaɪ/ See IPA manual Freq #573511 Meanings 1 verb To make someone or something dull and lifeless, especially by limiting freedom or imagination. Years of boring routine had stultified his creativity. 2 verb To make someone look foolish or weak. His own contradictions stultified his argument. Verb forms Verb forms are not available for this word yet. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to make someone or... dullimpairinhibitcripple 2 verb · to make someone look... humiliate Word family Forms stultifiedstultifiesstultifying Derived forms self-stultifyingstultifier Related forms dumbifystolid Etymology AI details From Latin stultus (“stupid, foolish”), + -ify. Compare Late Latin stultificō. *stel- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # stultify **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ˈstʌltɪfaɪ/ **Frequency rank:** 573511 ## Meanings 1. To make someone or something dull and lifeless, especially by limiting freedom or imagination. 2. To make someone look foolish or weak. ## Examples - Years of boring routine had stultified his creativity. - His own contradictions stultified his argument. ## Derived Forms - self-stultifying - stultifier ## Related Forms - dumbify - stolid ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *stel- ## Etymology From Latin stultus (“stupid, foolish”), + -ify. Compare Late Latin stultificō. ## AI Etymology Stultify is from Latin stultus (“stupid, foolish”), + -ify. Compare Late Latin stultificō. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix. Important recorded forms include *stel- (Proto-Indo-European). Current senses include to make someone or something dull and lifeless, especially by limiting freedom or imagination and to make someone look foolish or weak. The wider family includes derived forms such as self-stultifying and stultifier; related words such as dumbify and stolid. ## Topics - Actions & Processes - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown