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stupefaction

[stoo-puh-fak-shuhn, styoo-] / ˌstu pəˈfæk ʃən, ˌstyu- /


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The glory in “Missa Solemnis” is that of stupefaction.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

I swam in the freezing loch as my family looked on with some stupefaction.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2021

If it’s a work setting and you’re trying to replicate the familiar, brain-dead stupefaction vibe of a professional meeting, you should consider wearing pants.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2020

And “Van Eyck: An Optical Revolution,” the largest exhibition ever of painting by this superman of the early Renaissance, which now fills the Museum of Fine Arts here, is a perpetual stupefaction machine.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2020

Much more clearly than anything in Mr. Ludsbury’s study I could see his face now, grimacing in wide, obsessed stupefaction.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles




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