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stupor

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stu·por  (stpr, sty-)
n.
1. A state of reduced or suspended sensibility.
2. A state of mental numbness, as that resulting from shock; a daze. See Synonyms at lethargy.

[Middle English, from Latin, from stupre, to be stunned.]

stupor·ous adj.

stupor [ˈstjuːpə]
n
1. (Medicine / Pathology) a state of unconsciousness
2. mental dullness; torpor
[from Latin, from stupēre to be aghast]
stuporous  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.stuporstupor - the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally; "his mother's death left him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock"
stupefaction - a feeling of stupefied astonishment
2.stupor - marginal consciousness; "his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows"; "someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor"
unconsciousness - a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment

stupor
noun daze, numbness, unconsciousness, trance, coma, inertia, lethargy, torpor, stupefaction, insensibility He was drinking himself into a stupor every night.
Translations
stupor [ˈstjuːpəʳ] Nestupor m

stupor [ˈstjuːpər] nstupeur f
in a stupor → frappé(e) de stupeur

stupor
nBenommenheit f; he lay/sat there in a stuporer lag/saß benommen or apathisch or teilnahmslos da; to be in a drunken stuporsinnlos betrunken or im Vollrausch sein

stupor [ˈstjuːpəʳ] n (from heat, alcohol) → intontimento, stordimento
stupor [ˈstjuːpəʳ] n (from heat, alcohol) → intontimento, stordimento

stupor
n stupor [ˈstjuːpə]
a half-conscious, dazed or bewildered condition caused by eg alcohol, drugs, shock etc He was in a drunken stupor. stupor خَبَل، غُيْبوبَه، خَدَر унес ztuhnutí, otupění døs die Benommenheit αποχαύνωση estupor uim(astus) بيهوشي tokkura stupeur טִמטוּם חוּשִים भावशून्यता, उदास, जड़ता, व्यामोह, विस्‍मय omama, tupost kábulat karena mabuk sljóleiki; hálfmeðvitundarleysi stupore; stordimento 無感覚状態 (술, 약으로 인한) 지각 마비, 무감각 apsvaigimas, nustėrimas, sustingimas stupors; apstulbums keadaan hampir pengsan bedwelming sløvhetstilstand, døs otępienie, odrętwienie entorpecimento stu­poare оцепенение omámenosť otopelost omamljenost halv medvetslöshet, omtöcknat tillstånd อาการมึนงง sersemlik, sersemleme 昏迷 остовпіння, заціпеніння غفلت sự ngẩn ngơ, trạng thái sững sờ


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She seemed, having shaken off the stupor of intoxication, to be striving to escape from her executioner.
She stayed alone in a kind of reverie--a sort of stupor.
Gradually weariness grew upon me; a numbness, an occasional stupor, fell upon my mind even in the midst of my terrors, until sleep at last supervened and in my sea-tossed coracle I lay and dreamed of home and the old Admiral Benbow.
 
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