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stultify
гл.
книжн. притуплять, оглуплять, отуплять
книжн. выставлять на посмешище, представлять глупцом
книжн. препятствовать, сдерживать, мешать; делать бесполезным, сводить на нет
юр.
доказывать невменяемость
(stultify oneself) ссылаться на собственную невменяемость (для того, чтобы избежать ответственности)
Examples from texts
She could do the most prosy things (though she was wise enough never to stultify herself with such "household arts" as knitting and embroidery), yet immediately afterward pick up a book and let her imagination rove as a formless cloud with the wind.Она могла заниматься самыми прозаическими делами (впрочем, у нее хватало ума не смешить публику пристрастием к «художественному» вязанию и вышивке), а потом сразу взяться за книгу и дать воображению носиться по ветру бесформенным облачком.Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key / This Side of ParadiseФицджеральд, Фрэнсис Скотт Кей / По эту сторону раяПо эту сторону раяФицджеральд, Фрэнсис Скотт Кей© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1977This Side of ParadiseFitzgerald, Francis Scott Key© 2000 by Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., New York, N.Y.
Hurstwood saw her depart with some faint stirrings of shame, which were the expression of a manhood rapidly becoming stultified.А тот смотрел ей вслед со смутным ощущением стыда, в нем пробудились остатки мужской гордости, но тотчас исчезли.Dreiser, Theodore / Sister CarrieДрайзер, Теодор / Сестра КерриСестра КерриДрайзер, Теодор© Издательство "Правда", 1986Sister CarrieDreiser, Theodore© Nov. 8, 1900 No. A27641 by Doubleday, Page & Co.© renewed by Theodore Dreiser as Author Nov. 17, 1927 No. R42188
If this blend is too high in programmed decisions, we are not challenged; we find life boring and stultifying.Если эта смесь содержит относительно много программируемых решений, мы не испытываем проблем, мы считаем жизнь однообразной и глупой.Toffler, Alvin / Future ShockТоффлер, Элвин / Шок БудущегоШок БудущегоТоффлер, Элвин© Alvin Toffler, 1970© Перевод. К. Бурмистров, 2001© Перевод. Л. Бурмистрова, 2001© Перевод. Е. Комарова, 2001© Перевод. В. Кулагина-Ярцева, 2001© Перевод. А. Микиша, 2001© Перевод. А. Мирер, 2001© Перевод. И. Москвина-Тарханова, 2001© Перевод. Е. Руднева, 2001© Перевод. Н. Хмелик, 2001Future ShockToffler, Alvin© 1970 by Alvin Toffler
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Word forms
stultify
verb
| Basic forms | |
|---|---|
| Past | stultified |
| Imperative | stultify |
| Present Participle (Participle I) | stultifying |
| Past Participle (Participle II) | stultified |
| Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I stultify | we stultify |
| you stultify | you stultify |
| he/she/it stultifies | they stultify |
| Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am stultifying | we are stultifying |
| you are stultifying | you are stultifying |
| he/she/it is stultifying | they are stultifying |
| Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have stultified | we have stultified |
| you have stultified | you have stultified |
| he/she/it has stultified | they have stultified |
| Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been stultifying | we have been stultifying |
| you have been stultifying | you have been stultifying |
| he/she/it has been stultifying | they have been stultifying |
| Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I stultified | we stultified |
| you stultified | you stultified |
| he/she/it stultified | they stultified |
| Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was stultifying | we were stultifying |
| you were stultifying | you were stultifying |
| he/she/it was stultifying | they were stultifying |
| Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had stultified | we had stultified |
| you had stultified | you had stultified |
| he/she/it had stultified | they had stultified |
| Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been stultifying | we had been stultifying |
| you had been stultifying | you had been stultifying |
| he/she/it had been stultifying | they had been stultifying |
| Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will stultify | we shall/will stultify |
| you will stultify | you will stultify |
| he/she/it will stultify | they will stultify |
| Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be stultifying | we shall/will be stultifying |
| you will be stultifying | you will be stultifying |
| he/she/it will be stultifying | they will be stultifying |
| Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have stultified | we shall/will have stultified |
| you will have stultified | you will have stultified |
| he/she/it will have stultified | they will have stultified |
| Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been stultifying | we shall/will have been stultifying |
| you will have been stultifying | you will have been stultifying |
| he/she/it will have been stultifying | they will have been stultifying |
| Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would stultify | we should/would stultify |
| you would stultify | you would stultify |
| he/she/it would stultify | they would stultify |
| Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would be stultifying | we should/would be stultifying |
| you would be stultifying | you would be stultifying |
| he/she/it would be stultifying | they would be stultifying |
| Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have stultified | we should/would have stultified |
| you would have stultified | you would have stultified |
| he/she/it would have stultified | they would have stultified |
| Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
|---|---|
| I should/would have been stultifying | we should/would have been stultifying |
| you would have been stultifying | you would have been stultifying |
| he/she/it would have been stultifying | they would have been stultifying |
| Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am stultified | we are stultified |
| you are stultified | you are stultified |
| he/she/it is stultified | they are stultified |
| Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I am being stultified | we are being stultified |
| you are being stultified | you are being stultified |
| he/she/it is being stultified | they are being stultified |
| Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I have been stultified | we have been stultified |
| you have been stultified | you have been stultified |
| he/she/it has been stultified | they have been stultified |
| Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was stultified | we were stultified |
| you were stultified | you were stultified |
| he/she/it was stultified | they were stultified |
| Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I was being stultified | we were being stultified |
| you were being stultified | you were being stultified |
| he/she/it was being stultified | they were being stultified |
| Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I had been stultified | we had been stultified |
| you had been stultified | you had been stultified |
| he/she/it had been stultified | they had been stultified |
| Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will be stultified | we shall/will be stultified |
| you will be stultified | you will be stultified |
| he/she/it will be stultified | they will be stultified |
| Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
|---|---|
| I shall/will have been stultified | we shall/will have been stultified |
| you will have been stultified | you will have been stultified |
| he/she/it will have been stultified | they will have been stultified |