slumberous
sleepy; heavy with drowsiness, as the eyelids.
causing or inducing sleep.
pertaining to, characterized by, or suggestive of slumber.
inactive or sluggish; calm or quiet.
Origin of slumberous
1- Also slum·brous [sluhm-bruhs] /ˈslʌm brəs/ .
Other words from slumberous
- slum·ber·ous·ly, adverb
- slum·ber·ous·ness, noun
- un·slum·brous, adjective
Words Nearby slumberous
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How to use slumberous in a sentence
There is a slumberous Southern fire in the Mexican girls' eyes and love.
Mexico | Charles Reginald EnockAt nightfall the village and its surrounding meadows soon become slumberous.
The Cornwall Coast | Arthur L. SalmonThe sun had been shining in their eyes, and the place looked very slumberous in the white hazy glory of a northern day.
Joan of the Sword Hand | S(amuel) R(utherford) CrockettA solemn slumberous reverberation heard at intervals split the dull general roar apart.
Joan of the Sword Hand | S(amuel) R(utherford) CrockettEustacia's manner was as a rule of a slumberous sort, her passions being of the massive rather than the vivacious kind.
Return of the Native | Thomas Hardy
British Dictionary definitions for slumberous
/ (ˈslʌmbərəs, -brəs) /
sleepy; drowsy
inducing sleep
characteristic of slumber
Derived forms of slumberous
- slumberously, adverb
- slumberousness, noun
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