Stupor Definition

sto͝opər, styo͝o-
noun
A state in which the mind and senses are dulled; partial or complete loss of sensibility, as from the use of a narcotic or from shock.
Webster's New World
Mental or moral dullness or apathy.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Stupor

Noun

Singular:
stupor
Plural:
stupors

Origin of Stupor

  • Borrowed from Latin stupor (“insensibility, numbness, dullness"), from stupeō, from Proto-Indo-European *stewp-. Distantly related (from Proto-Indo-European, via Proto-Germanic) to stint, stub, and steep.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Latin from stupēre to be stunned

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Stupor Sentence Examples

  • Rhyn blinked himself out of his stupor enough to steady himself.

  • Waking from her stupor, she blew him a kiss.

  • Sofia hung up the phone, feeling as if she were emerging from a stupor for the first time in months.

  • Sofia blinked out of her stupor.

  • He ultimately sank into a condition of mental stupor, and became the obedient slave of the upstart Struensee (q.v.).

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Words Starting With

SSTSTU

Words Ending With

RORPOR

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