Stupefaction - English meaning

noun

A feeling of total bewilderment or perplexity.

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Most people experience a sense of bafflement about how anyone could carry out such a heinous deed

noun

The condition of being completely unable to understand or explain something

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Several companies expressed bafflement at sudden scrutiny by the government., many people prefer to…

noun

A feeling of being perplexed and confused.

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The three of them looked at him in bewilderment

noun

Confusion

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A state of bewilderment, as he walked through the door, she stared at him in utter bewilderment.

noun

A period when all lights must be turned out or covered to prevent them being seen by the enemy during an air raid.

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People found it difficult to travel in the blackout

noun

A prolonged state of deep unconsciousness, caused especially by severe injury or illness.

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She went into a coma

noun

A diffuse cloud of gas and dust surrounding the nucleus of a comet.

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Rosetta's instruments will analyse the gases and dust grains in the coma that forms when the comet …

noun

Uncertainty about what is happening, intended, or required.

Usage examples:

There seems to be some confusion about which system does what

noun

A lack of understanding, or a state of disorder

Usage examples:

[ c ] she writes about the confusions of her life., [ u ] in the confusion, i lost my wallet.

verb

(especially of an emotional or physical shock) make (someone) unable to think or react properly.

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She was dazed by his revelations

noun

A state of stunned confusion or bewilderment.

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He was walking around in a daze

noun

Unconsciousness.

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He drank until he was in a state of total insensibility

noun

The state of being unconscious

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She lay in a state of insensibility until ten o'clock, when she took her last breath., he was beate…

noun

The state of being numb.

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Tingling and numbness in the left arm

noun

The state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening around one.

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They drank themselves into oblivion

noun

The state of being unconscious or lacking awareness of what is happening around you

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He wrote one extraordinary book and then faded into oblivion.

noun

The quality of not being aware of something, especially what is happening around you

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My uncle sat there with a look of blissful obliviousness., his first wife left him because of his o…

noun

Inability to deal with or understand something.

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She paused in perplexity

noun

A state of confusion or a complicated and difficult situation or thing

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She stared at the instruction booklet in complete perplexity., the perplexities of life

noun

A state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility.

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A drunken stupor

noun

A state in which a person is almost unconscious

noun

The state of being unconscious.

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Someone gave me a crack across the head and i slipped into unconsciousness

noun

The state of not being awake and not aware of things around you, especially as the result of a head injury

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She drifted into unconsciousness., anaesthetics directly affect the brain and produce unconsciousne…