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stupefactions

stupefactions is the plural of stupefaction.

Meaning of stupefaction

Noun

stupefaction (countable and uncountable, plural stupefactions)

  1. The state of extreme shock or astonishment.
  2. A state of insensibility; stupor.
    • Suddenly roused from the state of stupefaction to which fear had reduced her, the female filled the air with shrieks. Disengaging herself from the officers, and rushing towards her husband, she clung with all her strength to his arm, imploring him, with frantic violence, not to let them kill her.1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Knife, page 145

Questions about stupefactions

What is stupefactions the plural of?
Stupefactions is the plural of stupefaction.

Words near stupefactions in the dictionary

  1. stupe
  2. stuped
  3. stupefacient
  4. stupefacients
  5. stupefaction
  6. stupefactions
  7. stupefactive
  8. stupefication
  9. stupefications
  10. stupefied
  11. stupefiedness

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