Meanings
comparative more stupent · superlative most stupent
- rareStruck with stupor; stunned;
He stood there flabbergasted, stupent, as she walked out the door.
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Again and again, what shall we say of the Idle Aristocracy, the Owners of the Soil of England […] We will say mournfully, in the presence of Heaven and Earth, — that we stand speechless, stupent, and know not what to say!
1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. VIII, Unworking Aristocracy”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker)Synonyms: dumbfounded, aghast
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveStruck with stupor; stunned;
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