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stuporous

stuporous

1 9.6
Almost unconscious and slow to respond after illness or injury
  • adjective
  • /ˈstjuːpərəs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : estuporoso
  • Ted emerged from his room like a bear coming out of stuporous hibernation, head tipped downward as if in penance, or like some accident victim pulling himself from the wreckage, and sat down at the table wordlessly.
  • stuporous sleep

Examples

  • And I went along there, and Ed was in a stuporous state.

    Ocean to Sky (2019)

  • He'll probably sleep a day or two, come out stuporous.

    Altered States (1980)

  • She sank into stuporous despair.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Though strictly speaking, it seemed to him that everything floated, that everything reeled in the stuporous air of violins and rose-colored reflections.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • When the telephone had rung, waking her from her stuporous sleep, she had the instantaneous, terrified conviction that Michael had been killed or had killed; that he had transgressed beyond his capacity to return.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Instead of fleeing, they edged forward, clumsy and tentative as zombies, confused by the brightness of life but full of stuporous menace.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • After taking the medication, he felt stuporous and struggled to stay awake during the meeting.

  • The flu left her in a stuporous condition, unable to focus on anything around her.

  • He wandered home in a stuporous daze after the long party, barely aware of his surroundings.

Synonyms

dazed
vsstuporous
40 4.8

Not able to think and act clearly after a shock or when very tired

is less caused by sudden shock and more prolonged reduced consciousness
faint
vsstuporous
38 2.7

Feeling weak and about to lose consciousness

is a state of partial unconsciousness rather than a mere feeling of weakness
stunned
vsstuporous
29 3.0

Too shocked to move or think clearly

is usually less about sudden external shock and more internal decreased awareness
groggy
vsstuporous
21 5.6

Feeling weak, unsteady, and confused after being very tired, ill, or hit on the head

is a deeper partial unconscious state rather than temporary unsteadiness
foggy
vsstuporous
18 3.4

Unable to think clearly or react quickly

involves much lower awareness, nearing partial unresponsiveness
logy
vsstuporous
1 9.8

Feeling slow and tired after not sleeping, being sick, or taking medicine

is a heavier loss of responsiveness, not just slow thinking
stupefied
vsstuporous
1 7.0

Unable to think or react after a sudden shock

is slower, often from illness or exhaustion rather than sudden shock
puddled
vsstuporous
  • Informal
8.7

Confused and unable to think clearly because of tiredness or stress

is a more profound, medically reduced awareness than mere confusion

Antonyms

alert
82 2.8

Quick to notice and respond to what is happening

responsive
61 4.0

React quickly and helpfully to people and things

How Conscious

alert
82 2.8
drowsy
22 2.7
stuporous
  • Specialized
1 9.6
unconscious
243 4.2

Surface Forms

stuporous positive

Morphology

stuporous = stupor (transparent) = stupor + ous

Regular adjectival formation from the noun 'stupor' with '-ous' yielding 'having or relating to a stupor', so the meaning is directly derived for learners who know 'stupor'.

Etymology

Stuporous comes from the Latin root stupor, which means 'numbness' or 'being stunned'. So, to be stuporous is to be partly 'numb' and slow to react, almost like being half-awake after an injury, extreme tiredness, or illness.