Word:
SomnolentStatus:
AdjectiveMeaning:
Inclined to or heavy with sleep; drowsyExamples:
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 centurySynonyms:
dozy, drowsy, slumberous, sleepyAntonyms:
alert, awake, conscious, wakeful, wide-awake******
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