tylsistää — meaning in English

English meaning

• stultify verb To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting.
• stupefy verb To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.

Senses

tylsistää is used for these senses in English:

• stultify (transitive, dated) To cause to appear foolish; to deprive of strength; to stupefy. [from early 19th c.]
• stupefy (transitive, especially, law) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.

stultify — full definition

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

stupefy — full definition

1. verb To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.
2. verb To astonish or stun, especially as a result of some distressing action.
3. verb To deprive a material of the ability to undergo change or movement, especially deformation.

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