'stupefaction' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It refers to a state of extreme astonishment or confusion. It is typically used in formal or literary contexts. Example: The audience watched in stupefaction as the magician pulled a rabbit out of an empty hat. Other examples: - I could see the stupefaction on his face when he heard the news. - The team's victory left the coach in a state of stupefaction. - The complex plot of the novel left many readers in a state of stupefaction. - The students sat in stupefaction as the teacher explained the difficult concept. - The crowd erupted in stupefaction as the unexpected twist was revealed in the movie's climax.
They expressed "stupefaction", arguing that, just when Mr Sarkozy has launched a national debate on what it means to be French, the reform would rob students of a critical ability to understand such matters.
Baltika also plans an alcohol-free beer, catering to the growing minority who distinguish social drinking from stupefaction.
The companies professed a surprise verging on stupefaction.
On one day we stand in quiet stupefaction at the base of the impossibly imposing El Capitan rock-face – the world's largest granite monolith.
The jeers were always more heartfelt than the encouragement – such has become the depth of dissatisfaction with the management of Sam Allardyce – and it hardly lowered the tone when the identification of Ricardo Vaz Te as man of the match was greeted with a mixture of stupefaction and mild scorn.
Writer remarks "so many splintered organizations make any Palestinian agenda confusing to the point of stupefaction, but it is fair to say that the ideological gaps among all these groups have lately shrunk, with disturbing consequences".
When I expressed stupefaction that a gallery would give up its cut, May said, "That's exactly how it should be.
And the movie's suggestion of an encompassing blight of national boredom — stupefaction settling over the malls — is almost wounding.
To the Italians peace in Europe means at the moment little more than a dreary continuation of their present misery - fantastic prices, black markets, unemployment, the struggle to regain national price, and the even more difficult struggle to get people to think for themselves after two decades of stupefaction.
My first reaction to McDowell's letter was one of stupefaction, as if I had stepped on a stonefish.
A concentration of three-tenths usually results in reeling stupefaction.
