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Stupor

//ˈstjuː.pə// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A state of greatly dulled or completely suspended consciousness or sensibility; (particularly medicine) a chiefly mental condition marked by absence of spontaneous movement, greatly diminished responsiveness to stimulation, and usually impaired consciousness. countable, uncountable

    "He fell into a drunken stupor."

  2. 2
    marginal consciousness wordnet
  3. 3
    A state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To place into a stupor; to stupefy. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin stupor (“insensibility, numbness, dullness”). Distantly related (from Proto-Indo-European, via Proto-Germanic) to stint, stub, and steep.

Etymology 2

Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin stupor (“insensibility, numbness, dullness”). Distantly related (from Proto-Indo-European, via Proto-Germanic) to stint, stub, and steep.

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