noun
stupor
STYOO-puh
noun
1
A state of near-unconsciousness or greatly reduced alertness and responsiveness.
"He woke from his drunken stupor with a pounding headache."
"The medication left her in a groggy stupor for hours."
How to Use Stupor
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA dazed, barely-conscious state, often from alcohol, drugs, illness, or shock.
Common pairings
drunken stupor
fall into a stupor
state of stupor
Word Forms
stupored past tense, stupors plural, stupors singular
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Etymology
From Latin stupor ("numbness, insensibility"), distantly related to stupid and stupendous.