stupor

stupor
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. lethargy, torpor, apathy, coma, daze. See insensibility, wonder.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. insensibility, lethargy, apathy, stupefaction, asphyxia, swoon, coma, fainting, swooning, unconsciousness, numbness, torpor, syncope, narcosis, somnolence, anesthesia, trance, revery, study, brown study, hypnosis, inertness, analgesia, suspended animation, amazement, bewilderment.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
shock, paralysis, numbness, stupefaction, insensibility, daze, bewilderment, trance, dreaminess, lethargy, torpor, dullness, apathy.
ANT.: clearheadedness, sharpness, lucidity, alertness
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. A deficiency in mental and physical alertness and activity: dullness, hebetude, languidness, languor, lassitude, leadenness, lethargy, hstlessness, sluggishness, torpidity, torpor. See ACTION. 2. A stunned or bewildered condition: befuddlement, bewilderedness, bewilderment, daze, discombobulation, fog, muddle, mystification, perplexity, puzzlement, stupefaction, trance. See AWARENESS.

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