slumberous

[ sluhm-ber-uhs, sluhm-bruhs ]

/ ˈslʌm bər əs, ˈslʌm brəs /

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adjective

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.

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Also slum·brous

[sluhm-bruhs] /ˈslʌm brəs/ .

Origin of slumberous

First recorded in 1485–95; slumber + -ous

OTHER WORDS FROM slumberous

slum·ber·ous·ly, adverbslum·ber·ous·ness, nounun·slum·brous, adjective

Words nearby slumberous

sluiceway, sluit, slum, slumber, slumberland, slumberous, slumber party, slumbershade, slumbery, slumdweller, slumgullion

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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 Enock
At nightfall the village and its surrounding meadows soon become slumberous.
The Cornwall Coast|Arthur L. Salmon
The 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) Crockett
A solemn slumberous reverberation heard at intervals split the dull general roar apart.
Joan of the Sword Hand|S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett

Eustacia'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

slumberous

/ (ˈslʌmbərəs, -brəs) /

adjective mainly poetic

sleepy; drowsy

inducing sleep

characteristic of slumber

Derived forms of slumberous

slumberously, adverbslumberousness, noun

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slumberous

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