Definition: deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
Usage: This measure crippled our efforts; Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work
Synonyms: stultify
Definition: cause to appear foolish
Usage: He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent
Similar words: jest at, make fun, laugh at, blackguard, guy, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast
Definition: subject to laughter or ridicule
Usage: The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house; The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher; His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday
Synonyms: stultify
Definition: prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
Usage: nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself
Similar words: shew, show, prove, demonstrate, establish
Definition: establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
Usage: The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound; The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture