Added 10 October 2026
stupor
/ˈstjuː.pə/ noun
Latin root: stupor Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about stupor at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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The feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally.
his mother's death left him in a daze
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Marginal consciousness.
his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows
Origin
Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin stupor (“insensibility, numbness, dullness”). Distantly related (from Proto-Indo-European, via Proto-Germanic) to stint, stub, and steep.
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