stupefaction : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stupefaction	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for stupefaction
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stupefaction n a feeling of stupefied astonishment 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" Synonym(s): grogginess, stupor, stupefaction, semiconsciousness the action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic; "the professor was noted for his stupefaction of the students"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stupefaction \Stu`pefac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. stup[82]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.