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stuporous.

Adjective
HorrorLiterary
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Marked by greatly reduced alertness and responsiveness.

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  • stuporous patient

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The stuporous patient barely reacted.
He became stuporous after exposure.

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Primary category: horror. Forms: Normally non-gradable in clinical or relational use; degree comparison is limited to naturally gradable figurative applications. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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