All 3 Uses of
stupor
in
Brave New World
- He was as though suddenly and joyfully awakened from a dark annihilating stupor.†
p. 59.2 *stupor = a state in which there is little ability to think
- The liftman slammed the gates, touched a button and instantly dropped back into the droning twilight of the well, the twilight of his own habitual stupor.†
p. 59.6
- From this stupor he was aroused to a more immediate sense of reality by the impact on his cheek of a well-aimed packet of chewing-gum.†
p. 255.6
Definition:
a state in which there is little ability to think -- as from being very sleepy, drunk, or stunned