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stupor

[ stoo-per, styoo- ]

noun

  1. suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.:

    He lay there in a drunken stupor.

  2. mental torpor; apathy; stupefaction.

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stupor

/ ˈ²õ³ÙÂá³Üː±èə /

noun

  1. a state of unconsciousness
  2. mental dullness; torpor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ³Ù³Ü±èŽÇ°ùŽÇ³Ü²õ, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ³Ù³Ü·±èŽÇ°ù·ŽÇ³Ü²õ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of stupor1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin: “astonishment, insensibility,” equivalent to ²õ³Ù³Ü±è(ŧ°ù±ð) “to be numb, to be stunned” + -or -or 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of stupor1

C17: from Latin, from ²õ³Ù³Ü±èŧ°ù±ð to be aghast
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It’s a testament to Shannon’s direction that he fully commits to submerging us into Janice’s unimaginable emotional stupor, even when that gutsy approach ultimately proves to be the film’s undoing.

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Those latter respondents have presumably been anesthetized, never set foot in the real world or live in a permanent, chemically induced stupor.

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On the way they passed a young man slumped in a stupor who, according to locals, had taken these drugs.

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"I was in a stupor; I couldn't even speak," the activist remembers.

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You can spend all night talking your friend through a breakup, reminding them that they’re better off without the other person, until you’ve spoken yourself into a stupor on the couch.

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