noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈstjuː.pə/
General-American:/ˈstu.pɚ/
General-American:/ˈstju.pɚ/
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rhymes with -uːpə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:S T UW1 P ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
He fell into a drunken stupor.
She woke from a deep stupor after the medication.
The shock left him in a stupor of disbelief.
The heat drove the workers into a midday stupor.
He sat in a dazed stupor on the couch.
The team stumbled off the field in a stupor of exhaustion.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: daze
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To place into a stupor; to stupefy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
marginal consciousness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows
someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor
the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
his mother's death left him in a daze
he was numb with shock
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: daze, shock
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stupefaction
History
Etymology
Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin stupor (“insensibility, numbness, dullness”). Distantly related (from Proto-Indo-European, via Proto-Germanic) to stint, stub, and steep.
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic:
תּוּנְבָּא
(tunbā)
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Belarusian:
сту́пар
(stúpar)
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Bulgarian:
сту́пор
(stúpor)
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Chinese Cantonese:
不省人事
(bat1 sing2 jan4 si6)
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Chinese Mandarin:
昏迷
(hūnmí)
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Chinese Mandarin:
麻痺 /麻痹
(mábì)
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Czech:
omámení
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Czech:
mrákoty
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Czech:
otupělost
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Czech:
omámenost
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Dutch:
verdwazing
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Dutch:
verbijstering
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Estonian:
juhm
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Finnish:
tokkura
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Finnish:
pökkyrä
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
French:
stupeur
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Georgian:
გაშეშება
(gašešeba)
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
German:
Sopor
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Greek:
νάρκη
(nárki)
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Greek:
λήθαργος
(líthargos)
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Hungarian:
kábulat
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Hungarian:
bódulat
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Hungarian:
részegség
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Icelandic:
sljóleiki
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Icelandic:
hálfmeðvitundarleysi
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Kazakh:
естен тану
(esten tanu)
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Kazakh:
ес-түссіз болу
(es-tüssız bolu)
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Māori:
pāhoahoa
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Polish:
osłupienie
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Polish:
stupor
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Portuguese:
estupor
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Romanian:
stupoare
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Russian:
сту́пор
(stúpor)
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Russian:
оцепене́ние
(ocepenénije)
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Serbo-Croatian:
ступор
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Serbo-Croatian:
stupor
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Spanish:
estupor
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Swedish:
stupor
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Swedish:
dvala
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Ukrainian:
сту́пор
(stúpor)
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Urdu:
غشی
(ġuśī)
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Uyghur:
پارامۇش
(paramush)
— state of reduced consciousness or sensibility
Bulgarian:
вцепенение
(vcepenenie)
— state of apathy or torpor
Chinese Cantonese:
恍惚
(fong2 fat1)
— state of apathy or torpor
Chinese Mandarin:
恍惚
(huǎnghū)
— state of apathy or torpor
Chinese Mandarin:
神志不清
(shénzhì bùqīng)
— state of apathy or torpor
