Meaning of STUPEFACTION
| Pronunciation: | | `stoopu'fakshun
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- [n] the action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic; "the professor was noted for his stupefaction of the students"
- [n] marginal consciousness; "his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion and by the blows"; "someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor"
- [n] a feeling of stupefied astonishment
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| | Synonyms: | | grogginess, semiconsciousness, stupor |
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| | See Also: | | action, amazement, astonishment, daze, shock, stupor, unconsciousness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Stu`pe*fac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. stup['e]faction. See
{Stupefacient}.]
The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied.
[Written also {stupifaction}.]
Resistance of the dictates of conscience brings a
hardness and stupefaction upon it. --South.
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