stupefaction

[US]/ˌstʃuːpɪ'fækʃn/
[UK]/ˌstupəˈfækʃən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. bewilderment; a state of being unconscious or numb

Phrases & Collocations

staring in stupefaction

filled with stupefaction

overwhelmed by stupefaction

expressing stupefaction

Example Sentences

The news of her promotion left him in a state of stupefaction.

The magician's tricks left the audience in stupefaction.

The complexity of the situation led to a sense of stupefaction among the team members.

His sudden disappearance caused stupefaction among his friends.

The unexpected turn of events left everyone in stupefaction.

The discovery of the lost treasure brought stupefaction to the archaeologists.

The professor's groundbreaking research findings caused stupefaction in the scientific community.

The sudden change in weather conditions led to stupefaction among the locals.

The stupefaction on his face indicated his disbelief at the news.

The unexpected outcome of the game left the fans in stupefaction.

Real-world Examples

Passepartout, not yet recovered from his stupefaction, clung mechanically to the carpet–bag, with its enormous treasure.

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

Suddenly his face changed to one of utter stupefaction.

Source: Murder at the golf course

First stupefaction, then incredulity, lastly a downright burst of rage.

Source: The Journey to the Heart of the Earth

Yet in the midst of my stupefaction I seemed to be aware of a noise.

Source: The Journey to the Heart of the Earth

Elliott looked me full in the face to see the stupefaction with which he expected this communication to fill me.

Source: Blade (Part 1)

He stood like a man stupefied, but the stupefaction soon gave way to delirious rapture.

Source: The Journey to the Heart of the Earth

During the rest of the day she did nothing but walk up and down the garden path in a state bordering on stupefaction.

Source: Returning Home

I gazed, I thought, I admired, with a stupefaction mingled with a certain amount of fear.

Source: The Journey to the Heart of the Earth

But when he saw himself and his whole family fastened onto a sheet of iridescent metalfor an eternity, he was mute with stupefaction.

Source: One Hundred Years of Solitude

However, we had left behind us the luminous forest, dumb with astonishment, overwhelmed and struck down with a terror which amounted to stupefaction.

Source: The Journey to the Heart of the Earth

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