Found 2 items, similar to Stultifying.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: stultify stultify v 1: prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence; “nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself” 2: cause to appear foolish; “He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent” 3: deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; “This measure crippled our efforts”; “Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work” [syn: cripple] [also: stultified]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Stultifying Stultify \Stul"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stultified; p. pr. & vb. n. Stultifying.] [L. stultus foolish + -fy.] 1. To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or conduct. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. To regard as a fool, or as foolish. [R.] [1913 Webster] The modern sciolist stultifies all understanding but his own, and that which he conceives like his own. --Hazlitt. [1913 Webster] 3. (Law) To allege or prove to be of unsound mind, so that the performance of some act may be avoided. [1913 Webster]