'Stupefaction' definitions:
Definition of 'stupefaction'
(from WordNet)
noun
A feeling of stupefied astonishment
noun
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, stupefaction, semiconsciousness]
noun
The action of stupefying; making dull or lethargic; "the professor was noted for his stupefaction of the students"
Definition of 'Stupefaction'
From: 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]