stupefaction Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a feeling of stupefied astonishment
  2. noun marginal consciousness
    semiconsciousness; grogginess; stupor.
    • his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows
    • someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor
  3. noun the action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic
    • the professor was noted for his stupefaction of the students

WordNet

Stu`pe*fac"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. stupéfaction. See Stupefacient.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913