Somnolence

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Somnolence \Som"no*lence\, Somnolency \Som"no*len*cy\, n. [L.
     somnolentia: cf. F. somnolence.]
     Sleepiness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  somnolence
       n : a very sleepy state; "sleepiness causes many driving
           accidents" [syn: {sleepiness}, {drowsiness}] [ant: {wakefulness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "somnolence":
     acedia, apathy, boredom, doziness, drowsiness, dullness,
     enervation, ennui, fatigue, heaviness, hebetude, inanimation,
     indifference, jadedness, lackadaisicalness, languidness,
     languishment, languor, languorousness, lassitude, lenitude, lentor,
     lethargy, lifelessness, listlessness, oscitancy, oscitation,
     pandiculation, passivity, phlegm, satedness, sleepiness, sloth,
     slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness, somnolency, stretching,
     stupefaction, stupor, supineness, torpidity, torpidness, torpitude,
     torpor, weariness, world-weariness, yawning