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Meaning of 'stupor' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Stupor [ n.]
- Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy.
- Intellectual insensibility; moral stupidity; heedlessness or inattention to one's interests.

Meaning of 'stupor' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . stupor [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
Example in sentence:
  • he was numb with shock;
  • his mother's death left him in a daze
Meaning (2):
- marginal consciousness
Example in sentence:
  • his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows;
  • someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor

Nearby Words:

stub stubbed stubbedness stubbiness stubbing stubble stubbled stubbly stubborn stubby

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