stupefaction
the state of being stupefied; stupor.
overwhelming amazement.
Origin of stupefaction
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How to use stupefaction in a sentence
The reaction to her selection in much of the GOP establishment ranged from stupefaction to scorn.
Others, holding to the side of the building, felt with stupefaction the boards totter beneath their touch.
A Lost Hero | Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. WardThe bears growl in stupefaction and rage, and take deep breaths to begin again.
Mr. Wilding raised one eyebrow and looked aslant at Trenchard, whose weather-beaten face was suddenly agrin with stupefaction.
Mistress Wilding | Rafael SabatiniWhen he had, in some measure, recovered control over his reason, the first emotion was one of complete stupefaction.
The Woman Gives | Owen Johnson
The bourgeois looked in stupefaction at this reinforcement that was about to join the attacking party.
Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, Pere
British Dictionary definitions for stupefaction
/ (ˌstjuːpɪˈfækʃən) /
astonishment
the act of stupefying or the state of being stupefied
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