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stuporstu‧por /ˈstjuːpə $ ˈstuːpər/ noun [countable, uncountable] stuporOrigin: 1300-1400 Latin stupere; ➔ STUPID1 - He drank himself into a stupor every night.
- A Colonel Herbinger, drunk at the time, thought in his stupor that the enemy had launched a massive attack.
- But sometimes the arousal achieves only a level of stupor, even when a pinch is used.
- It was definitely not a night to let a friend wander around in a drunken stupor searching for his car.
- One youth told of emerging from a drunken stupor to find himself in bed with the boy next door.
- The recent massacre in Acteal has forced the government to shake off its stupor, at least for a while.
► in a drunken stupor We found him lying at the bottom of the stairs in a drunken stupor. ► catatonic stupor/trance► in a drunken stupor She was lying in a drunken stupor (=nearly unconscious from being drunk) on the sidewalk. ADJECTIVE► drunken· One youth told of emerging from a drunken stupor to find himself in bed with the boy next door.· It was definitely not a night to let a friend wander around in a drunken stupor searching for his car.· At last a lone figure staggered out, singing raucously as he swaggered in a drunken stupor.· May as well go to bed in a drunken stupor after dinner, same as the rest of them.· I dismissed him as quickly as I could and later found that he had gone to drink himself into a drunken stupor.· At last I fell back on to my stool and into the blackness of a drunken stupor.· The monster fell asleep in a drunken stupor and Susa-no-wo then cut it to pieces and settled down with the maiden.· They left him slumped in a drunken stupor against the church wall. a state in which you cannot think, speak, see, or hear clearly, usually because you have drunk too much alcohol or taken drugs: We found him lying at the bottom of the stairs in a drunken stupor. |