somnolent
/ˈsɒmnələnt/adjective
उच्चारण सॉम्नलन्ट
निद्रालु, उनींदा
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adjective
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formal
almost starting to sleep; making you feel sleepy; (of a place) quiet and without much activity
निद्रालु, उनींदा
- a somnolent afternoon
- a somnolent village
- The somnolent hum of the fan made her drowsy.
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- He gave a somnolent yawn and closed his book.
- After the heavy lunch, the whole office felt somnolent.
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somnolence noun
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som·no·lent
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Keep the sleepy words together: somnolent, drowsy, sleepy, soporific (making you want to sleep), torpid.
नींद के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: somnolent, drowsy, sleepy, soporific (नींद लाने वाला), torpid।
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Inability to sleep is insomnia; walking in your sleep somnambulism (a sleepwalker is a somnambulist); talking in your sleep somniloquy.
नींद न आना insomnia (अनिद्रा); नींद में चलना somnambulism (नींद में चलने वाला somnambulist); नींद में बोलना somniloquy।