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Definition of Stupefaction
1. Noun. A feeling of stupefied astonishment.
Specialized synonyms: Daze, Shock, Stupor
Derivative terms: Stupefy
2. Noun. Marginal consciousness. "Someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor"
Generic synonyms: Unconsciousness
Derivative terms: Semiconscious, Stuporous
3. Noun. The action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic. "The professor was noted for his stupefaction of the students"
Definition of Stupefaction
1. n. The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied.
Definition of Stupefaction
1. Noun. The state of dismay; shock. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stupefaction
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stupefaction
Literary usage of Stupefaction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Alcohol, the Sanction for Its Use: Scientifically Established and Populary by J. Starke (1907)
"In reference to stupefaction, the brain can stand a great deal; many a man spends
more than a third of his life in sleeping. The salient point is the fact ..."
2. A Treatise on Domestic Economy, for the Use of Young Ladies at Home, and at by Catharine Esther Beecher (1854)
"... give sv/eet-oil; or, if this be wanting, lamp-oil; or, if neither be at hand,
give vinegar, freely In case of stupefaction, from the fumes of charcoal, ..."
3. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1878)
"stupefaction of mind as if 'a board were before the head, with vertigo, obliging him
... J—Dull stupefaction, with weak eyes and extreme loss of power,02. ..."
4. Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of by Forster, R. P (1818)
"... and as the weather grew better, and the sea less furious, the senses of the
people returned, and the general stupefaction began to decrease. ..."
5. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"... although at the time the act was committed the woman was in such a state of
stupefaction as to be incapable of consent Commonwealth v. ..."
6. London Music in 1888-89 as Heard by Corno Di Bassetto: (later Known as by Bernard Shaw (1917)
"... when Mrs Kendal favored us with it at the Opera Comique to the utter stupefaction
of an audience which had fallen under the strange spell of Ibsen, ..."
7. Bethink Yourselves! by Leo Tolstoy (1904)
"Thus it seems to simple, benighted, unlearned men, acting under the influence of
the petty passions and stupefaction to which they have been subjected. ..."
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