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or slumbrous
1
as in sleepy
desiring or needing sleep
parents putting their slumberous children to bed
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2
as in hypnotic
tending to cause sleep
the slumberous murmur of the wind in the trees
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Recent Examples of slumberous
Confederate monuments were not, after all, slumberous.
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Darryl Pinckney, The New York Review of Books, 20 Aug. 2020
All differences of excellence, of position, of form are blurred by the slumberous acceptance.
—Elizabeth Hardwick, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
With the exception of the minority of people who suffer sudden death, the vast majority of us experience a slumberous slippage from life.
—Sara Manning Peskin, M.d., New York Times, 11 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slumberous
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Signs to treat fevers include being unusually sleepy, cranky and refusing food and drinks.—
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Trancoso, Bahia The opening of Uxua Casa Hotel & Spa in 2009 transformed the sleepy fishing village of Trancoso into a boho-chic hot spot.—
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Nazism’s total domination politically and socially found an aesthetic counterpart in the visual reduction of bodies to things, ecstatically subdued before the hypnotic power of a leader, force, or sublime beauty.—
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Plus, Palmer and Goode's oh-so-palpable chemistry conjures up a hypnotic charm that even Harkness couldn't resist.—
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This is a condition where, due to stress or hormonal changes, the body puts the hair follicles into a resting phase.—
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Taking minoxidil orally can support the hair follicle cycle and trigger anagen (the resting phase) prematurely.—
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There’s nothing quite as soothing as the drowsy calmness that washes over you when your partner runs their hands through your hair.—
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The DeWine administration cited driver safety as a catalyst for the project: officials noted that truck drivers who can't find a parking spot are known to drive drowsy or pull over to sleep in unsafe areas.—
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These days, Middle Caicos is a somnolent place.—
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One is the practice of taking very short breaks, or microbreaks, during the workday rather than — or even in addition to — a long, somnolent lunch break.—
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“Slumberous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slumberous. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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