- 2. Err, do wrong.
Stumble, n.
- 1. Trip, false step.
- 2. Error, blunder, failure.
Stumble on. Stumble upon. Fall upon by chance, light upon, strike upon without design.
Stumbling-block, n. Hindrance, obstruction, obstacle, check, bar, barrier, difficulty, impediment, lion in the way, stumbling-stone.
Stumbling-stone, n. See Stumbling-block.
Stump, n. Stub.
Stun, v. a.
- 1. Make senseless (by a blow), make dizzy.
- 2. Stupefy, confound, bewilder, overcome, dizzy, dumfound, astonish, overwhelm, over-power.
- 3. Deafen, make deaf.
Stunning, a.
- 1. Deafening, stentorian, very loud.
- 2. Stupefying.
- 3. (Colloq.) Striking, astonishing, wonderful
Stunt, v. a. Dwarf, stint, stop the growth of, hinder from growth.
Stunted, a. Undersized, dwarfish, dwarfed, diminutive, small, little, tiny, Liliputian, pygmean.
Stupe, n. Fomentation, sweating bath.
Stupe, v. a. Foment, bathe with warm lotions.
Stupefacient, n. Stupefactive, narcotic, opiate, sedative, anodyne, anæsthetic, sleeping-draught.
Stupefaction, n.
- 1. Lethargy, stupor, numbness.