bedunce

/bɪˈdʌns/
verb
  1. To make someone appear or become stupid or foolish; to cause someone to act like a dunce.
    • Repeated failures can bedunce even the most confident person.
    • The teacher's harsh criticism seemed to bedunce the shy student.
    • Don't let the difficult material bedunce you; keep studying.
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