Stuporous (Adjective)
Meaning
Stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion).
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The boxer was left stuporous after the knockout punch, stumbling around the ring in a daze.
- After a night of heavy drinking, he was stuporous and barely able to make it to his bed.
- The patient was stuporous from the anesthesia and took several hours to regain full consciousness.
- The hikers were stuporous from exhaustion and dehydration after being lost in the wilderness for days.
- The driver was stuporous from lack of sleep and nodded off at the wheel, causing the accident.