STUPOR

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I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marginal consciousness

Example:

someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor

Synonyms:

grogginess; semiconsciousness; stupefaction; stupor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("stupor" is a kind of...):

unconsciousness (a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment)

Derivation:

stuporous (stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally

Example:

he was numb with shock

Synonyms:

daze; shock; stupor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("stupor" is a kind of...):

stupefaction (a feeling of stupefied astonishment)

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Context examples:

He lay on his back, with closed eyes, and did not think at all, while the daze or stupor slowly welled up, saturating his consciousness.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A kind of pleasant stupor was stealing over me as I sat by the genial fire.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The door was open; inside, huddled together upon a chair, Hunter was sunk in a state of absolute stupor, the favourite’s stall was empty, and there were no signs of his trainer.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Van Helsing whispered to me:—"Jonathan is in a stupor such as we know the Vampire can produce. We can do nothing with poor Madam Mina for a few moments till she recovers herself; I must wake him!"