Meanings
plural stupors · alternative obsolete stupour
- countableuncountableA 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.
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She woke from a deep stupor after the medication.
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.
present singular third person stupors · participle present stuporing · participle past stupored · past stupored · alternative obsolete stupour
- transitiveTo place into a stupor; to stupefy.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian сту́пор, вцепенение
- сту́пор (stúpor)state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- вцепенение (vcepenenie)state of apathy or torpor
Chinese Cantonese 不省人事, 恍惚
- 不省人事 (bat¹ sing² jan⁴ si⁶)state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- 恍惚 (fong² fat¹)state of apathy or torpor
Chinese Mandarin 昏迷, 麻痺 /麻痹
- 昏迷 (hūnmí)state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- 麻痺 /麻痹 (mábì)state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- 恍惚 (huǎnghū)state of apathy or torpor
- 神志不清 (shénzhì bùqīng)state of apathy or torpor
Czech omámení, mrákoty
- omámenístate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- mrákotystate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- otupěloststate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- omámenoststate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- bezvědomístate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- omráčenístate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- strnuloststate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- otupěloststate of apathy or torpor
- netečnoststate of apathy or torpor
- strnuloststate of apathy or torpor
- apatiestate of apathy or torpor
Dutch verdwazing, verbijstering
- verdwazingstate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- verbijsteringstate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Estonian juhm, tuim
- juhmstate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- tuimstate of apathy or torpor
Finnish tokkura, pökkyrä
- tokkurastate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- pökkyrästate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
French stupeur
- stupeurstate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
German Sopor
- Soporstate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Greek νάρκη, λήθαργος
- νάρκη (nárki)state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- λήθαργος (líthargos)state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Hungarian kábulat, bódulat
- kábulatstate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- bódulatstate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- részegségstate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Icelandic sljóleiki, hálfmeðvitundarleysi
- sljóleikistate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- hálfmeðvitundarleysistate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Māori pāhoahoa, mate pāhoahoa
- pāhoahoastate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- mate pāhoahoastate of apathy or torpor
Polish osłupienie, stupor
- osłupieniestate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- stuporstate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- apatiastate of apathy or torpor
Portuguese estupor
- estuporstate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Romanian stupoare
- stupoarestate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Russian сту́пор, оцепене́ние
- сту́пор (stúpor)state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- оцепене́ние (ocepenénije)state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Spanish estupor
- estuporstate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Swedish stupor, dvala
- stuporstate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
- dvalastate of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Ukrainian сту́пор
- сту́пор (stúpor)state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Urdu غشی
- غشی (ġuśī)state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
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Cite this entry
stupor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stupor
“stupor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stupor. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stupor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stupor.
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