stultify

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting.
To make useless or worthless.
To cause to appear foolish; to deprive of strength; to stupefy.
To prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence.

/ˈstʌltɪfaɪ/ /ˈstʌltəfaɪ/ en-us-stultify.ogg

stultify stultifies stultifying stultified

From Latin stultus (“stupid, foolish”), + -ify. Compare Late Latin stultificō.

inhibit impair dull humiliate

dumbify stolid

self-stultifying stultifier

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