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Adjective: stupefied  'st(y)oo-pi`fId
  1. As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
    "a circle of policemen stood stupefied by her denial of having seen the accident"
    - dumbfounded, dumfounded, flabbergasted, thunderstruck, dumbstruck, dumbstricken
     
  2. In a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock
    "lay semiconscious, stupefied by the blow"
    - dazed, stunned, stupid
Verb: stupefy  'st(y)oo-pi`fI
  1. Make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
    - besot
     
  2. Be a mystery or bewildering to
    "a stupefying problem"
    - perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
     
  3. Make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
    "stupefy fish"
    - stun

See also: confused, stupefaction, surprised

Type of: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, desensitise [Brit], desensitize, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, immobilise [Brit], immobilize, throw