stupefaction
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Rogan, wearing his persona as a babe-in-the-woods naif, listened to this nonsense in slack-jawed stupefaction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024
But the purposeful sensory overload mostly yields head-spinning stupefaction, leaving a viewer feeling like Wile E. Coyote after hitting a mesa wall.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 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
That they often have an asparagus spear etched on the side does not prevent diners from staring with stupefaction at seeing them in their place settings.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2020
Call it oppression, complicity, stupefaction, call it what you like, it doesn’t matter.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vocabulary lists containing stupefaction
The Turn of the Screw
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Selection Vocabulary 4, Unit 3
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