stultify

stultify is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or conduct. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or conduct.
2. transitive verb. To regard as a fool, or as foolish.
3. transitive verb. To allege or prove to be of unsound mind, so that the performance of some act may be avoided.
4. verb. deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless

   "This measure crippled our efforts"

   "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"

   Synonyms: cripple

5. verb. cause to appear foolish

   "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent"

6. verb. prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence

   "nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself"

Synonyms

cripple

Common word forms

stultified, stultifier, stultifies, stultifying

Words from these letters

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