'Somnolent' definitions:
Definition of 'somnolent'
From: WordNet
adjective
Inclined to or marked by drowsiness; "slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes"; "`slumbery' is archaic"; "the sound had a somnolent effect" [syn: slumberous, slumbery, slumbrous, somnolent]
Definition of 'Somnolent'
From: GCIDE
- Somnolent \Som"no*lent\, a. [F. somnolent, L. somnolentus, from somnus sleep, akin to Gr. ?, Skr. svapna sleep, dream, svap to sleep, Icel. sofa, AS. swefn sleep. Cf. Hypnotic, Somnambulism, Soporific.] Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep. -- {Som"no*lent*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
- He had no eye for such phenomena, because he had a somnolent want of interest in them. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'somnolent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anesthetized,
- apathetic,
- benumbed,
- blase,
- bored,
- cataleptic,
- comatose,
- dead,
- debilitated,
- doped,
- dopey,
- dormant,
- dozy,
- dreamy,
- droopy,
- drowsy,
- drugged,
- drugged with sleep,
- dull,
- enervated,
- exanimate,
- half asleep,
- heavy,
- heavy with sleep,
- heavy-eyed,
- hebetudinous,
- in a stupor,
- inactive,
- inanimate,
- inert,
- jaded,
- lackadaisical,
- languid,
- languorous,
- leaden,
- lethargic,
- lifeless,
- listless,
- lumpish,
- moribund,
- napping,
- narcoleptic,
- narcose,
- narcotic,
- narcotized,
- narcous,
- nodding,
- numb,
- opiate,
- oscitant,
- out of it,
- passive,
- phlegmatic,
- pooped,
- sated,
- sedated,
- sleep-drowned,
- sleep-drunk,
- sleep-filled,
- sleep-swollen,
- sleepful,
- sleepy,
- slow,
- sluggish,
- slumberous,
- slumbery,
- snoozy,
- somnifacient,
- somniferous,
- soporific,
- stagnant,
- stagnating,
- stretchy,
- stultified,
- stuporose,
- stuporous,
- supine,
- torpid,
- vegetable,
- vegetative,
- wan,
- weary,
- world-weary,
- yawning,
- yawny