- a state of unconsciousness
- mental dullness; torpor
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
stu•por /ˈstupɚ, ˈstyu-/USA pronunciation
n. [countable* usually singular]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Pathologyinability to think correctly, or to feel or sense things, as caused by disease, narcotics, etc.;
a state of near unconsciousness:a drug-induced stupor.
stu•por
(sto̅o̅′pər, styo̅o̅′-),USA pronunciation n.
stu′por•ous, adj.
- Pathologysuspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.:He lay there in a drunken stupor.
- Psychiatrymental torpor;
apathy;
stupefaction.
- Latin: astonishment, insensibility, equivalent. to stup(ēre) to be numb or stunned + -or -or1
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 2. inertia, lethargy, daze.
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stupor /ˈstjuːpə/ n
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- intoxicating
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- wrecked
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- carotid
- fog
- narco
- narcoma
- narcose
- narcosis
- stupefaction
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- stupid