Word:
Somnolent
Status:
Adjective
Meaning:
Inclined to or heavy with sleep; drowsy
Examples:
1) sleepy (somnolent rivers)
2) of a kind likely to induce sleep (a somnolent sermon)
Sentences:
1) The teacher was trying to teach somnolent students on a hot day.
2) I was surrounded by the somnolent hum of insects in the grass.
Origin:
From Latin somnus which means 'sleep'.
First use:
15th century
Synonyms:
dozy, drowsy, slumberous, sleepy
Antonyms:
alert, awake, conscious, wakeful, wide-awake
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