'Slumbering' definitions:
Definition of 'Slumbering'
From: GCIDE
- Slumber \Slum"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slumbered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slumbering.] [OE. slombren, slumberen, slumeren, AS. slumerian, fr. sluma slumber; akin to D. sluimeren to slumber, MHG. slummern, slumen, G. schlummern, Dan. slumre, Sw. slumra, Goth. slawan to be silent.]
- 1. To sleep; especially, to sleep lightly; to doze. --Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster]
- He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. --Ps. cxxi. 4. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity. "Why slumbers Pope?" --Young. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'slumbering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abeyant,
- apathetic,
- asleep,
- cataleptic,
- catatonic,
- comatose,
- dead,
- dead asleep,
- deep asleep,
- dopey,
- dormant,
- dull,
- fast asleep,
- flaked-out,
- flat,
- foul,
- groggy,
- heavy,
- in abeyance,
- in suspense,
- inactive,
- inert,
- languid,
- languorous,
- latent,
- leaden,
- lifeless,
- logy,
- oblivious,
- out,
- passive,
- phlegmatic,
- sedentary,
- slack,
- sleeping,
- sluggish,
- smoldering,
- sound asleep,
- stagnant,
- standing,
- static,
- suspended,
- tame,
- torpid,
- unaroused,
- unconscious