stupor
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stu·por
(sto͞o′pər, styo͞o′-)n.
A state of reduced sensibility or consciousness: staggered around in a drunken stupor.
[Middle English, from Latin, from stupēre, to be stunned.]
stu′por·ous adj.
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stupor
(ˈstjuːpə)n
1. (Pathology) a state of unconsciousness
2. mental dullness; torpor
[C17: from Latin, from stupēre to be aghast]
ˈstuporous adj
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stu•por
(ˈstu pər, ˈstyu-)n.
1. suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.: a drunken stupor.
2. mental torpor; apathy; stupefaction.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: astonishment, insensibility =stup(ēre) to be numb or stunned + -or -or1]
stu′por•ous, adj.
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Noun | 1. | stupor - the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally; "his mother's death left him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock" stupefaction - a feeling of stupefied astonishment |
2. | stupor - marginal consciousness; "his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows"; "someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor" unconsciousness - a state lacking normal awareness of the self or environment |
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stupor
noun daze, numbness, unconsciousness, trance, coma, inertia, lethargy, torpor, stupefaction, insensibility He was drinking himself into a stupor every night.
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stupor
noun1. A deficiency in mental and physical alertness and activity:
2. A stunned or bewildered condition:
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Translations
خَبَل، غُيْبوبَه، خَدَر
otupěníztuhnutí
døs
sljóleiki; hálfmeîvitundarleysi
nustėrimas
apstulbumsstupors
omámenosť
sersemlemesersemlik
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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stupor
n → Benommenheit f; he lay/sat there in a stupor → er lag/saß benommen or apathisch or teilnahmslos da; to be in a drunken stupor → sinnlos betrunken or im Vollrausch sein
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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stupor
(ˈstjuːpə) noun a half-conscious, dazed or bewildered condition caused by eg alcohol, drugs, shock etc. He was in a drunken stupor.
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stu·por
n. estupor, letargo.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
stupor
n estupor mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.