noun
1. a feeling of stupefied astonishment
• Derivationally related forms: ↑stupefy
• Hypernyms: ↑astonishment, ↑amazement
2. marginal consciousness
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his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows
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someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor
• Syn: ↑grogginess, ↑stupor, ↑semiconsciousness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑semiconscious (for: ↑semiconsciousness), ↑stuporous (for: ↑stupor)
• Hypernyms: ↑unconsciousness
3. the action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic
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the professor was noted for his stupefaction of the students
• Derivationally related forms: ↑stupefy
• Hypernyms: ↑action
Useful english dictionary. 2012.