I'm especially miserable on Sundays, because the mood in the house turns somnolent and heavy.
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Somnolent
//ˈsɒmnələnt//
Synonyms for "somnolent" (127 found)
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Related words (63)
Adjective(22 words)
oscitantout of steamsleepboundsleepishsleepyslombryslumberfulslumbersomeslumberysnoozysomniculoussomniferoussomnificsomnolescentsoporiferoussoporificsoporousstupefacientstupefactivetired
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Adjective(3 words)
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Translations
30 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- сънлив adj (drowsy)
Catalan
1 entries- somnolent adj (drowsy)
Dutch
1 entries- slaperig adj (drowsy)
Finnish
2 entries- somnolentti adj (drowsy)
- uninen adj (drowsy)
French
1 entries- somnolent adj (drowsy)
Georgian
3 entries- მთვლემარე adj (drowsy)
- მძინარე adj (drowsy)
- ძილიანი adj (drowsy)
German
1 entries- schläfrig adj (drowsy)
Greek
4 entries- γλαρωμένος adj (drowsy)
- νυσταγμένος adj (drowsy)
- νυσταλέος adj (drowsy)
- υπναλέος adj (drowsy)
Italian
1 entries- sonnolento adj (drowsy)
Latin
2 entries- somnolentus adj (drowsy)
- soporus adj (drowsy)
Māori
1 entries- momoe adj (drowsy)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- xewto adj (drowsy)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- طالغین adj (drowsy)
- مخمور adj (drowsy)
Polish
1 entries- senny adj (drowsy)
Portuguese
1 entries- sonolento adj (drowsy)
Russian
3 entries- дре́млющий adj (drowsy)
- засыпа́ющий adj (drowsy)
- со́нный adj (drowsy)
Spanish
1 entries- somnoliento adj (drowsy)
Ukrainian
3 entries- дрімливий adj (drowsy)
- сонливий adj (drowsy)
- сонний adj (drowsy)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
His head dropped upon his breast, and yielding to the fatigue he had undergone and the somnolent influence of the fire, he dropped into a deep slumber by the dull red embers that still smouldered in the grate.
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One minute she was gazing at a mockup of a space capsule, safely surrounded by old, somnolent men; […]
Source: wiktionary
[…]; and in chronicling the passing parade of Harry's life, the books have also created a Kodachrome-sharp picture of American life - the psychic ups and downs, enthusiasms and reversals experienced by this nation as it moved from the somnolent 50's through the upheavals of the 60's and 70's into the uncertainties of the 80's.
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