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Definition of stupor noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stupor

noun
 
/ˈstjuːpə(r)/
 
/ˈstuːpər/
[singular, uncountable]
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  1. a state in which you are unable to think, hear, etc. clearly, especially because you have drunk too much alcohol, taken drugs or had a shock
    • He drank himself into a stupor.
    • a drunken stupor
    • She was led away in a state of stupor.
    Extra Examples
    • He fell to the ground in a stupor.
    • The noise of someone banging at the door roused her from her stupor.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • alcoholic
    • dazed
    • drug-induced
    verb + stupor
    • drink yourself into
    • fall into
    • go into
    preposition
    • in a stupor
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin, from stupere ‘be amazed or stunned’.
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