stupor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
    shock; daze.
    • his mother's death left him in a daze
    • he was numb with shock
  2. noun marginal consciousness
    semiconsciousness; grogginess; stupefaction.
    • his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows
    • someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor

WordNet

Stu"por noun
Etymology
L., from stupere to be struck senseless.
Definitions
  1. Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy.
  2. Intellectual insensibility; moral stupidity; heedlessness or inattention to one's interests.

Webster 1913