slumberous
1Slumberous — Slum ber*ous, a. 1. Inviting slumber; soporiferous. Pensive in the slumberous shade. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Being in the repose of slumber; sleepy; drowsy. [1913 Webster] His quiet and almost slumberous countenance. Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] …
2slumberous — [slum′brəsslum′bər əs] adj. 1. inclined to slumber; sleepy; drowsy 2. suggestive of or characterized by slumber 3. causing sleep or drowsiness; soporific 4. tranquil; calm; quiet [a slumberous little town]: Also slumbrous [slum′brəs] SYN. SLEEPY …
3slumberous — index narcotic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4slumberous — *sleepy, drowsy, somnolent …
5slumberous — adjective 1. quiet and tranquil a slumberous June morning • Syn: ↑slumbrous • Similar to: ↑restful, ↑reposeful, ↑relaxing • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
6slumberous — or slumbrous adjective Date: 15th century 1. heavy with sleep ; sleepy 2. inducing slumber ; soporific 3. marked by or suggestive of a state of sleep or lethargy < a slumberous state of peace > …
7slumberous — slumber literary ► VERB ▪ sleep. ► NOUN ▪ a sleep. DERIVATIVES slumberous (also slumbrous) adjective. ORIGIN alteration of Scots and northern English sloom, in the same sense …
8slumberous — slumberously, adv. slumberousness, n. /slum beuhr euhs, slum breuhs/, adj. 1. sleepy; heavy with drowsiness, as the eyelids. 2. causing or inducing sleep. 3. pertaining to, characterized by, or suggestive of slumber. 4. inactive or sluggish; calm …
9slumberous — adjective a) Sleepy, drowsy. b) Sleep inducing …
10slumberous — Synonyms and related words: comatose, dopey, dozy, drowsy, heavy, hebetudinous, hypnotic, narcotic, nodding, opiate, sluggish, snoozy, somnifacient, somniferous, somnolent, soporific, stupid, torpid …
