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STUPEFACTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stupefaction mean?
• STUPEFACTION (noun)
The noun STUPEFACTION has 3 senses:
1. a feeling of stupefied astonishment
3. the action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic
Familiarity information: STUPEFACTION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A feeling of stupefied astonishment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("stupefaction" is a kind of...):
amazement; astonishment (the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stupefaction"):
daze; shock; stupor (the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally)
Derivation:
stupefy (be a mystery or bewildering to)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Marginal consciousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
grogginess; semiconsciousness; stupefaction; stupor
Context example:
someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor
Hypernyms ("stupefaction" is a kind of...):
unconsciousness (a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
the professor was noted for his stupefaction of the students
Hypernyms ("stupefaction" is a kind of...):
action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))
Derivation:
stupefy (make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow)
stupefy (make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation)
Context examples
At first, it was a sort of stupefaction; but every moment was quickening her perception of the horrible evil.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
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