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ошеломля́ть — meaning in English

oshelomlyat

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English meaning

  • bemuse verb To confuse or bewilder.
  • boggle verb To overwhelm or bewilder the mind, especially with something surprising or hard to grasp.
  • daze verb To leave someone feeling stunned, confused, or unable to think clearly, often from a shock, blow, or bright light.
  • dumbfound verb To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.
  • stun verb To knock someone senseless or make them lose awareness, often with a blow or shock.
  • stupefy verb To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.

Senses

ошеломля́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • bemuse (transitive) To confuse or bewilder.
  • boggle (transitive) To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
  • daze (transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear.
  • dumbfound (transitive) To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.
  • knock back (transitive) To stun; to surprise.
  • stun (transitive) To shock or surprise.
  • stupefy (transitive, especially, law) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.
  • take aback (idiomatic, transitive) To surprise or shock; to discomfit.

bemuse — full definition

  1. verb To confuse or bewilder.
  2. verb To be amused, especially sardonically.
  3. verb To devote to the Muses.
  4. verb To make drunk; to intoxicate.

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