stupor
verbEtymology Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin stupor (“insensibility, numbness, dullness”). Distantly related (from Proto-Indo-European, via Proto-Germanic) to stint, stub, and steep.
1
To place into a stupor; to stupefy.
stupor
nounUK /ˈstjuː.pə/ · US /ˈstu.pɚ/
Etymology Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin stupor (“insensibility, numbness, dullness”). Distantly related (from Proto-Indo-European, via Proto-Germanic) to stint, stub, and steep.
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.
- He fell into a drunken stupor.
- She woke from a deep stupor after the medication.
4 more examples
- The shock left him in a stupor of disbelief.
- The heat drove the workers into a midday stupor.
- He sat in a dazed stupor on the couch.
- The team stumbled off the field in a stupor of exhaustion.
2
A state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock.
- Derived terms
- stuporlike, stuporous
- Related terms
- stupefy, stupefaction, stupendous, stupid, stupor mundi