stultifying (verb)

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• stultifying — 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) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• stultifying — 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… …   English dictionary

• stultifying — 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 …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• catch 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 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• stultify — [[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… …   English dictionary

• stul´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… …   Useful english dictionary

• 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 of a prison… …   Useful english dictionary

• stultify — [ 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 …   English new terms dictionary

• Japanese 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… …   Universalium

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

• stultify — /ˈstʌltəfaɪ / (say stultuhfuy) verb (t) (stultified, stultifying) 1. to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous. 2. to render absurdly or wholly futile or ineffectual, as efforts. 3. Law to allege or prove to be of unsound mind; allege… …