stultifying (verb)

  • 1stultifying — adjective so boring that you feel as though you are losing your ability to think: a stultifying exercise stultify verb (T) stultification / stVltifi keISFn/ noun (U) …

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  • 2stultifying — UK [ˈstʌltɪˌfaɪɪŋ] / US adjective very boring, so that you feel like going to sleep instead of paying attention Derived words: stultify verb transitive Word forms stultify : present tense I/you/we/they stultify he/she/it stultifies present… …

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  • 3stultifying — stul|ti|fy|ing [ stʌltı,faııŋ ] adjective very boring, so that you feel like going to sleep instead of paying attention ╾ stul|ti|fy verb transitive ╾ stul|ti|fy|ing|ly adverb …

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  • 4catch up — verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to pick up often abruptly < the thief caught the purse up and ran > b. ensnare, entangle < education has been caught up in a stultifying mythology N. M …

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  • 5stultify — [[t]stʌ̱ltɪfaɪ[/t]] stultifies, stultifying, stultified VERB If something stultifies you, it makes you feel empty or dull in your mind, because it is so boring. [FORMAL] [V n] You couldn t say that island life stultified the Eunson girls... [V&#8230; …

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  • 6stul´ti|fy´ing|ly — stul|ti|fy «STUHL tuh fy», transitive verb, fied, fy|ing. 1. to make worthless, useless, weak, or futile; frustrate: »to stultify a person s efforts or incentive, a program of reform stultified by public indifference, the stultifying atmosphere&#8230; …

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  • 7stul|ti|fy — «STUHL tuh fy», transitive verb, fied, fy|ing. 1. to make worthless, useless, weak, or futile; frustrate: »to stultify a person s efforts or incentive, a program of reform stultified by public indifference, the stultifying atmosphere of a prison&#8230; …

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  • 8stultify — [ stʌltɪfʌɪ] verb (stultifies, stultifying, stultified) 1》 [usu. as adjective stultifying] cause to feel bored or enervated. 2》 cause to appear foolish or absurd. Derivatives stultification noun stultifier …

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  • 9Japanese literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced by Japanese authors in Japanese or, in its earliest beginnings, at a time when Japan had no written language, in the Chinese classical language.       Both in quantity and quality, Japanese&#8230; …

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  • 10The Dunciad — Alexander Pope The Dunciad /ˈd …

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