stupefaction

[ stoo-puh-fak-shuhn, styoo- ]
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noun
  1. the state of being stupefied; stupor.

  2. overwhelming amazement.

Origin of stupefaction

1
1535–45; <New Latin stupefactiōn- (stem of stupefactiō) senseless state, equivalent to stupefact(us), past participle of stupefacere to stupefy + -iōn--ion

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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.

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  • 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. Ward
  • The 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 Sabatini
  • When 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

stupefaction

/ (ˌstjuːpɪˈfækʃən) /


noun
  1. astonishment

  2. the act of stupefying or the state of being stupefied

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