Meaning & use
drunk stupor
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Meaning
nouncountable or uncountableinformal
A state of near-unconsciousness or great dullness of mind caused by drinking too much alcohol.
Grammar: Can be used with 'a' (a drunk stupor) or without (in drunk stupor). Often in the phrase 'in a drunk stupor'.
Patterns
- in a drunk stupor
- fall into a drunk stupor
- wake from a drunk stupor
He was found lying on the floor in a drunk stupor.
She spent the whole afternoon in a drunk stupor after the party.
The paramedics arrived to find him in a drunk stupor, barely responsive.
Word forms
| plural | drunk stupors |
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Common combinations
- in a drunk stupor
- He wandered the streets in a drunk stupor.
- fall into a drunk stupor
- After several shots, she fell into a drunk stupor.
- wake from a drunk stupor
- He woke from a drunk stupor with no memory of the night.
- drunken stupor
- The phrase 'drunken stupor' is more common than 'drunk stupor'.
Synonyms and how they differ
- drunken stupor
- The more standard and frequent phrase; 'drunk stupor' is a less common variant.
- alcoholic coma
- A much more serious medical condition; 'drunk stupor' is less severe and more informal.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: drunk stupor or drunken stupor?
drunk stupor vs drunken stupor
'Drunken stupor' is the standard collocation; 'drunk stupor' is also used but sounds slightly less natural to some speakers.
Practice
Choose the correct sentence.
Choose one answer.
The correct preposition is 'in' to describe being in a state: 'in a drunk stupor'. The other prepositions do not fit this meaning.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “drunk stupor”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.