Definitions for: Stupefaction


[n] the action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic; "the professor was noted for his stupefaction of the students"
[n] marginal consciousness; "his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion and by the blows"; "someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor"
[n] a feeling of stupefied astonishment



Webster (1913) Definition: Stu`pe*fac"tion, n. [Cf. F. stup['e]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.

Synonyms: grogginess, semiconsciousness, stupor

See Also: action, amazement, astonishment, daze, shock, stupor, unconsciousness

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