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单词 somnambulant
释义

somnambulant

adjective

som·​nam·​bu·​lant säm-ˈnam-byə-lənt How to pronounce somnambulant (audio)
1
: walking or having the habit of walking while asleep
2
: resembling or having the characteristics of a sleepwalker : sluggish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The current debate between Right and Left seems to be over which of the two will have the privilege of turning us into the somnambulant demi-humans Tocqueville describes. Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 1 May 2021 Nikki Haley, the former Republican governor of South Carolina and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, sounded practically somnambulant in her speech praising Trump. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2020 More anesthetized than radicalized against the Western culture that surrounds him, Ahmed takes an almost somnambulant approach to his prayers. Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2020 The combination of grassroots support and building legal pressure has pushed the notoriously somnambulant NCAA to action. Ben Cohen, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2018 While Argentina struggled, France must awaken from a somnambulant group-stage finale against Denmark. Ronald Blum, chicagotribune.com, 28 June 2018 Thanks largely to new, controversially created congressional maps, the state’s often somnambulant self is suddenly shaking in ways formerly unimagined. John Baer, Philly.com, 13 May 2018 Especially surprising is that the closeness of the race can largely be attributed to the obsessive energies of the sixth district’s women, an army of mostly white, suburban working mothers who had until now lived politically somnambulant lives. Rebecca Traister, The Cut, 19 June 2017 In gentler driving, there’s a newfound poise that replaces the somnambulant motions of the previous car. Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 22 June 2017 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

somnambulant

adjective

som·​nam·​bu·​lant säm-ˈnam-byə-lənt How to pronounce somnambulant (audio)
: walking or tending to walk while asleep

somnambulant

adjective

as in sleepwalking

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • sleepwalking
  • comatose
  • semiconscious
  • hypnotized
  • somnolent
  • mesmerized
  • drowsy
  • slumbering
  • slumberous
  • dreaming
  • sleeping
  • dozing
  • reposing
  • nodding
  • slumbrous
  • sleepy
  • dormant
  • resting
  • napping
  • asleep

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • wakeful
  • awake
  • sleepless
  • conscious
  • aware
  • sleepless
  • wide-awake
  • awakened
  • roused
  • aroused
  • wakened
  • up
  • revived
  • astir
  • reawakened
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