stupor
UK/ˈstjuː.pə//ˈstu.pɚ/
stupor 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 impaired consciousness.
Noun
stupor (countable and uncountable, plural stupors)
- 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 impaired consciousness.
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- daze
Verb
stupor (third-person singular simple present stupors, present participle stuporing, simple past and past participle stupored)
- To place into a stupor; to stupefy.
stupor meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
stupor in Tamil
- மதிமயக்க நிலை, அறிவு மயக்கம், மயக்கம்
stupor in Urdu
- state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- غشی ġuśī
stupor in Bengali
- অসারতা, অচেতন অবস্থা
stupor in Malayalam
- ബുദ്ധിമാന്ദ്യം, ബോധക്കേട്, തൻറേടമില്ലായ്മ
More languagesFewer languages
- stupor in Kannada
- ಮೂರ್ಛೆ, ಜಡತ್ವ, ದಿಗ್ಭ್ರಮೆ, ಸ್ತಬ್ಧತೆ
- stupor in Sanskrit
- मोहन mohana
Examples of stupor in a sentence
- The shock left him in a stupor of disbelief.
- The heat drove the workers into a midday stupor.
- He sat in a dazed stupor on the couch.
- The team stumbled off the field in a stupor of exhaustion.
Synonyms of stupor
Forms of stupor
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | stupors |
| alternative form (obsolete) | stupour |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | stupors |
| present participle | stuporing |
| past participle | stupored |
| past | stupored |
Origin of stupor
Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin stupor (“insensibility, numbness, dullness”). Distantly related (from Proto-Indo-European, via Proto-Germanic) to stint, stub, and steep.
Words formed from stupor
Words that rhyme with stupor
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Questions about stupor
- What does stupor mean?
- Stupor means 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 impaired consciousness.
- What is stupor in Tamil?
- Stupor in Tamil is மதிமயக்க நிலை, அறிவு மயக்கம், மயக்கம். See Stupor meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use stupor in a sentence?
- The shock left him in a stupor of disbelief.
- What part of speech is stupor?
- Stupor can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce stupor?
- Stupor is pronounced /ˈstjuː.pə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of stupor?
- The plural of stupor is stupors.
Words near stupor in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: stupor (page history and authors); stupor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stupor (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stupor (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stupor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); मोहन (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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