as in boredom
physical or mental inertness
shocked by news of impending layoffs, the workers shuffled through their shift in a quiet stupor
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Recent Examples of stupor
Ozzy canceled shows, or performed in a stupor, and sometimes attacked his bandmates.
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Scott Simon, NPR, 26 July 2025
By contrast, Sue’s insistence that everything will be all right is so plainly unrealistic that the audience is waiting for some actual catastrophe to shake her out of her stupor.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 25 July 2025
The soup throwers and activists blindfolding statues hope to wake us from our climate stupor.
—Marianne Krasny, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Raúl Jiménez brought the crowd out of its stupor less than two minutes into the second half, chasing a through ball from Santiago Giménez into the penalty area, then finishing with his right foot from the edge of the six-yard box to double the lead.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025
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Scott Simon, NPR, 26 July 2025
By contrast, Sue’s insistence that everything will be all right is so plainly unrealistic that the audience is waiting for some actual catastrophe to shake her out of her stupor.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 25 July 2025
The soup throwers and activists blindfolding statues hope to wake us from our climate stupor.
—Marianne Krasny, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Raúl Jiménez brought the crowd out of its stupor less than two minutes into the second half, chasing a through ball from Santiago Giménez into the penalty area, then finishing with his right foot from the edge of the six-yard box to double the lead.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stupor
Noun
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The children of this era would go on to lead the next affective era in the form of the 1960s—which in many ways were a fight against this boredom, a call to reclaim the excitement of communalism, of revolution, of queerness and chaos.—
P.E. Moskowitz
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Your kid might not otherwise disclose these issues—but framing them around boredom (which is easier to talk about than, say, loneliness) can let you in on what's really going on in their day.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Although signs of illness are uncommon, some cats may develop fever, loss of appetite or lethargy.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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There can also be severe neurological changes, such as confusion or lethargy.—
Julie Scott,
Verywell Health,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Kaufman-esque sequence that chases an ever-balding Mike through his movie roles and towards his destiny is great fun to watch, but ultimately calls our attention to the relative torpor that surrounds it.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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Binging pasta might lead to a stomach ache and terrible torpor the next morning.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Stupor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stupor. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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