Translations for „stupefaction“ in the English » German Dictionary

stu·pefac·tion [ˌstju:pɪˈfækʃən, Am ˌstu:pəˈ-, ˌstju:-] N no pl

1. stupefaction (befuddled state):

stupefaction

Benommenheit f

state of stupefaction

benommener Zustand

2. stupefaction:

stupefaction (astonishment)

Verblüffung f

stupefaction (involving intense shock)

Bestürzung f

to sb's stupefaction

zur jds Bestürzung [o. Erstaunen]

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

state of stupefaction

benommener Zustand

to sb's stupefaction

zur jds Bestürzung [o. Erstaunen]

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Syntax would act as a filter in which analogies had to be processed and so analogies would lose their characteristic stupefaction.

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Punctuation, moods, and tenses, also disappeared in order to be consistent with analogy and stupefaction.

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To the great stupefaction of the spectators, not one of the riders took advantage of what had been provided.

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When he presents to us his stupefaction and shame, his disgrace, it is hard not to have in mind the energetic man with which the play opened.

www.smh.com.au

The process of communicating the surprise is art while the stupefaction is the reaction to this discovery.

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As a traveling salesman and correspondence clerk, his research and thought was time-limited: he complained of serving the knavery of merchants and the stupefaction of deceitful and degrading duties.

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It is false because a press with the absolute, unaccountable power to mediate reality can not but induce blindness and stupefaction and incomprehension in the rest of us.

thefederalist.com

As the week unfolded, my disbelief gave way to stupefaction, then revulsion.

www.theglobeandmail.com

I watched with sheer stupefaction as this entire process functioned with a sense of rhythm.

www.thehindu.com

When those chunky surprises hit them, expect astonishment and stupefaction.

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