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  • 21yawning — Synonyms and related words: abysmal, abyssal, agape, ajar, anesthetized, bottomless, cataleptic, cavernous, comatose, deep as hell, dehiscence, dehiscent, doped, doziness, dozy, dreamy, drowsiness, drowsy, drugged, drugged with sleep, fathomless …

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  • 22laziness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. indolence, slothfulness, sloth, lethargy, inactivity, slackness, sluggishness, dullness, lackadaisicalness, torpidness, heaviness, inertia, inertness, drowsiness, supineness, passivity, languor, languidness, languorousness …

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  • 23somnolent — [ sɒmnəl(ə)nt] adjective sleepy; drowsy. ↘inducing drowsiness. Derivatives somnolence noun somnolency noun somnolently adverb Origin ME: from OFr. sompnolent or L. somnolentus, from somnus sleep …

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  • 24somnolence — n. Sleepiness, drowsiness, doziness, somnolency …

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  • 25sleepiness — n 1. drowsiness, tiredness, slumber ousness, somnolence, somnolency, oscitance, oscitan cy, (in the Middle East) kef; hypnosis, hypnotism. 2. sluggishness, languor, lassitude, lethargy, torpor, torpidity, torpidness, comatoseness, comatosity. 3.… …

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  • 26insomnolency — in·somnolency …

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  • 27somnolent — /ˈsɒmnələnt / (say somnuhluhnt) adjective 1. sleepy; drowsy. 2. tending to cause sleep. {late Middle English, from Latin somnolentus} –somnolence, somnolency, noun –somnolently, adverb …

  • 28somnolent — [säm′nə lənt] adj. [LME sompnolent < MFr < L somnolentus < somnus, sleep: see SOMNUS] 1. sleepy; drowsy 2. inducing drowsiness SYN. SLEEPY somnolence n. somnolency somnolently adv …

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  • 29somnolent — adj. 1 sleepy, drowsy. 2 inducing drowsiness. 3 Med. in a state between sleeping and waking. Derivatives: somnolence n. somnolency n. somnolently adv. Etymology: ME f. OF sompnolent or L somnolentus f. somnus sleep …

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