stupefaction (n.)

  1. a feeling of stupefied astonishment

  2. marginal consciousness; his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows; someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor

    [ Syn: grogginess , stupor , semiconsciousness ]

  3. the action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic; the professor was noted for his stupefaction of the students'

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