stupor

UK /ˈstjuː.pə/ US /ˈstu.pɚ/

noun 2verb 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

drunken

VERB + STUPOR

drink yourself into, fall into, go into, sink into

After working all night, she sank into a deep stupor and couldn't wake up for hours.

come out of, emerge from

rouse sb from

A loud phone call finally roused him from his alcoholic stupor early that morning.

PREP

in a ~

After drinking too much wine, she sat on the couch in a stupor for hours.

Definitions

noun

A state of greatly dulled or completely suspended consciousness or sensibility; (particularly medicine) a chiefly mental condition marked by absence of spontaneous movement, greatly diminished responsiveness to stimulation, and usually impa

He fell into a drunken stupor.

She woke from a deep stupor after the medication.

A state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock.

verb

To place into a stupor; to stupefy.

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Synonyms

noun — marginal consciousness

grogginess
stupefaction
semiconsciousness

noun — the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when som

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

He fell into a drunken stupor.

Wiktionary

She woke from a deep stupor after the medication.

Wiktionary

The shock left him in a stupor of disbelief.

Wiktionary

The patient is in a state of profound stupor.

Tatoeba · #1804144

After that, you were in a state of stupor for two months.

Tatoeba · #1804153

Tom woke in a stupor after a night of heavy drinking.

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