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1 stultify
transitive verbhave a stultifying effect on something — sich lähmend auf etwas (Akk.) auswirken
stultifying boredom/monotony — lähmende Langeweile/Monotonie
* * *stul·ti·fy<- ie->[ˈstʌltɪfaɪ]vt ( form)▪ to \stultify sth/sb1. (ridicule) etw/jdn der Lächerlichkeit preisgeben [o ins Lächerliche ziehento \stultify the mind den Geist lähmen* * *['stʌltIfaɪ]1. vtlähmen; mind, person verkümmern or verdummen lassento become stultified — verkümmern, verdummen
2. viverkümmern, verdummen* * *stultify [-faı] v/t2. a) wirkungs- oder nutzlos machenb) zunichtemachen3. stultify the mind verdummen4. JUR für unzurechnungsfähig erklären* * *transitive verbhave a stultifying effect on something — sich lähmend auf etwas (Akk.) auswirken
stultifying boredom/monotony — lähmende Langeweile/Monotonie
* * *v.blamieren v.veralbern v.
См. также в других словарях:
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
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