hebetude
Example Sentences
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He detested the mob for its human hebetude.
From Time Magazine Archive
So full of hebetude is the film that baseball fans squirmed, bit thumbs, made unpleasant faces.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is interesting to note that, during the bulk of her psychosis, her only complaints were of mental hebetude and dizziness.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by John T. (John Thompson) MacCurdy
It is always preceded by an uncomfortable feeling in the head, and pain in the back, mental hebetude, and slight depression.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism by Havelock Ellis
"A debauched old fellow," says Friedrich; "gone all to hebetude by his labors in that line; agrees always with the last speaker."
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 15 by Thomas Carlyle
