stupor

Plural: stupors

Noun

• A state of near unconsciousness or insensibility; daze.
• the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
• marginal consciousness
  • "someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor"
• A state of greatly dulled or completely suspended consciousness or sensibility; (particularly medicine) a chiefly mental condition marked by absence of spontaneous movement, greatly diminished responsiveness to stimulation, and usually impaired consciousness.
• A state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock.

Verb

• To place into a stupor; to stupefy.

Examples

• After three hours of intense Scrabble, he was in a stupor of fatigue.

Synonyms

daze, grogginess, semiconsciousness, shock, stupefaction

Related Words

stupefaction, stupefy, stupendous, stupid, stupor mundi