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English Dictionary: stupor by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stupor
n
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): daze, shock, stupor
  2. 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stupor \Stu"por\, n. [L., from stupere to be struck senseless.]
      1. Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression
            of sense or feeling; lethargy.
  
      2. Intellectual insensibility; moral stupidity; heedlessness
            or inattention to one's interests.
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