Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A state of reduced sensibility or consciousness.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Suspension or great diminution of sensibility; a state in which the faculties are deadenee or dazed; torpidity of feeling.
- noun Intellectual insensibility; dullness of perception or understanding; mental or moral numbness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy.
- noun Intellectual insensibility; moral stupidity; heedlessness or inattention to one's interests.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A state of
reduced consciousness orsensibility . - noun A state in which one has
difficulty inthinking or using one’ssenses .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
- noun marginal consciousness
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I was near a dead man myself, that night, mostly in stupor, only dimly aware at times of the extremity of cold and wet that I endured.
Chapter 19 2010
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I was near a dead man myself, that night, mostly in stupor, only dimly aware at times of the extremity of cold and wet that I endured.
Chapter 19 2010
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Igor, in his drunken stupor is now lying on top on KK.
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If you are among the people who missed the big game, the Super Bowl, today I call stupor Monday, must be like that.
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I was near a dead man myself, that night, mostly in stupor, only dimly aware at times of the extremity of cold and wet that I endured.
Chapter 19 1915
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In case of rapid recovery the stupor is short and usually marked with mild delirium.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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No, what apparently wakes Bush up from his stupor is a comedian making fun of him.
05/02/2006 2006
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Surely it is a reprobate sense, a spirit of frenzy and of stupor, which is withheld from any daring attempt, only by a fear of the shame of men; while the fear of divine judgment is trodden under foot.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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He is delirious in an artificial, merciful semi-stupor, which is saving him the untold sufferings of morphine denial.
Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness Robert S. Carroll
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As he opened the door of the main office, his ear was saluted by a low grunting sound, and there in evening dress was Mr. Augustus Alfonso Brockelsby, reclining in a big chair, asleep, if one could with propriety call the stupor in which he was sunk, sleep.
The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton Wardon Allan Curtis 1903
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