stupor

  • 21stupor — Synonyms and related words: KO, abstraction, abulia, acedia, alienation, aloofness, amnesia, anesthesia, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, ataraxia, ataraxy, benumbedness, blackout, blah, blahs, boredom, catalepsy, cataplexy,… …

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  • 22stupor — noun (C, U) a state in which you cannot think, speak, see or hear clearly, usually because you have drunk too much alcohol or taken drugs: drunken stupor: We found him lying at the bottom of the stairs in a drunken stupor …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23stupor — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from stupēre Date: 14th century 1. a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility < a drunken stupor > 2. a state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or&#8230; …

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  • 24stupor — stuporous, adj. /stooh peuhr, styooh /, n. 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. [1350 1400; ME < L …

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  • 25stupor — A state of impaired consciousness in which the individual shows a marked diminution in reactivity to environmental stimuli and can be aroused only by continual stimulation. [L. fr. stupeo, to be stunned] benign s. a stuporous syndrome from which&#8230; …

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  • 26Stupor — Stu|por 〈m.; Gen.: s; Pl.: unz.; Med.〉 Zustand völliger Unbeweglichkeit, Stummheit u. Unempfindlichkeit gegenüber jeglichem Reiz bei erhaltenem Bewusstsein [Etym.: &LT;lat. stupor »Starrheit, Schwerfälligkeit, Stumpfsinn; Tölpel«; zu stupere&#8230; …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 27stupor — stu|por [ˈstju:pə US ˈstu:pər] n [U and C] [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: stupere; STUPID1] a state in which you cannot think, speak, see, or hear clearly, usually because you have drunk too much alcohol or taken drugs ▪ We found him lying at …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28Stupor — Stu|por der; s &LT;aus lat. stupor »das Staunen, Betroffenheit«&GT; völlige körperliche u. geistige Regungslosigkeit, krankhafter Stumpfsinn, Starrheit (Med.) …

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  • 29stupor — stu|por [ stupər ] noun count or uncount the condition of being unable to think or act normally because you are not completely conscious: in a drunken stupor …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 30stupor — noun they left him slumped in a drunken stupor Syn: daze, state of unconsciousness, torpor, insensibility, oblivion …

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