stupefaction
/ˌstʃuːpɪˈfakʃn/ /ˌstjuːpɪˈfakʃn
/noun [mass noun]
The state of being stupefied: salesmen stood in bored stupefaction...
- Numerous art historians responded to Hockney's proposal with suspicious stupefaction, as if this avant-garde upstart were accusing the old masters of painting by numbers.
- His look of pure stupefaction confirms her suspicions.
- His days became days of stupefaction, drifting away from the world in his drug-induced state.
Synonyms
oblivion, obliviousness, unconsciousness, insensibility, senselessness, numbness, lack of sensation/feeling, blankness;
stupor, daze, blackout, coma, collapse
bewilderment, confusion, perplexity, bafflement, wonder, wonderment, amazement, astonishment;
shock, devastation
