Stupefaction

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stupefaction \Stu`pe*fac"tion\, n. [Cf. F. stup['e]faction. See
     {Stupefacient}.]
     The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied.
     [Written also {stupifaction}.]
     [1913 Webster]
  


           Resistance of the dictates of conscience brings a
           hardness and stupefaction upon it.       --South.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stupefaction
       n 1: a feeling of stupefied astonishment
       2: marginal consciousness; "his grogginess was caused as much
          by exhaustion and 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"