inebetire

Definitions of inebetire
  1. verb
    make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
    synonyms: intontire, rintontire, stupire
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    immobilizzare
    cause to be unable to move
  2. verb
    be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
    synonyms: allucinare, confondere, imbrogliare, intrugliare, sbigottire, sconcertare, sgomentare, stupire
    allucinare, confondere, imbrogliare, sconcertare
    cause to feel embarrassment
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    disorientare
    cause to be lost or disoriented
    scampare, sfiatare, sfogarsi, sfuggire
    be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
    type of:
    essere
    have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
  3. verb
    overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
    synonyms: frastornare, intontire, rintontire, stordire, stupire
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    type of:
    desensibilizzare, intontire
    cause not to be sensitive
  4. verb
    make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
    synonyms: stupefare, stupire
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    type of:
    desensibilizzare, intontire
    cause not to be sensitive
  5. verb
    to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
    synonyms: abbacinare, abbagliare, rintontire, stupire
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    type of:
    abbacinare
    render unable to see
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