STUPEFACTION

stupefaction

(noun) the action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic; “the professor was noted for his stupefaction of the students”

grogginess, stupor, stupefaction, semiconsciousness

(noun) marginal consciousness; “his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows”; “someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor”

stupefaction

(noun) a feeling of stupefied astonishment

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

stupefaction (countable and uncountable, plural stupefactions)

The state of extreme shock or astonishment.

A state of insensibility; stupor.

Source: Wiktionary


Stu`pe*fac"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. stupéfaction. See Stupefacient.]

Definition: The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied. [Written also stupifaction.] Resistance of the dictates of conscience brings a hardness and stupefaction upon it. South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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