stupefaction

See also: stupéfaction

English

Etymology

From Middle French stupéfaction, from Latin stupefaciō (“strike dumb, stun with amazement, stupefy”), from stupeō (“I am stunned, speechless”) (English stupid, stupor) + faciō (“do, make”).

Noun

stupefaction (countable and uncountable, plural stupefactions)

1. The state of extreme shock or astonishment.
2. A state of insensibility; stupor.

Related terms

• stupefy
• stupid
• stupor

Translations

the state of dismay; shock

• Bulgarian: замайване (bg) c (zamajvane), зашеметяване (bg) n (zašemetjavane)
• German: Benommenheit (de) f, Schock (de) m, Betäubung (de) f, Bestürzung (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: κατάνυξις f (katánuxis)

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• Russian: оцепене́ние (ru) n (ocepenénije), сту́пор (ru) m (stúpor)