Meaning of stupor in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈst(j)upər/

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  1. Noun

    stupor

    Etymology

    late Middle English: from Latin, from stupere‘be amazed or stunned’

    Definitions

    1. the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally

    Examples

    • « his mother's deathleft him in a daze »
    • « he was numb with shock »

    Derived terms

  2. 2. marginal consciousness

    Examples

    • « his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion and by the blows »
    • « someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor »

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  • « Sydney in the 1960s wasn't the exuberant multicultural metropolis it is today. Out in the city's western reaches, days passed in a sun-struck stupor. In the evenings, families gathered on their verandas waiting for the 'southerly buster' - the thunderstorm that would break the heat and leave the air cool enough to allow sleep. »
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  • « People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human they fall into an animal stupor that gapes at existence and they think they have seen something. »
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