stertorous
characterized by stertor or heavy snoring.
breathing in this manner.
Origin of stertorous
1Other words from stertorous
- ster·to·rous·ly, adverb
- ster·to·rous·ness, noun
- post·ster·to·rous, adjective
Words Nearby stertorous
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How to use stertorous in a sentence
A series of low, stertorous growls followed, growls that made my blood run cold!
Uncanny Tales | VariousMayo, when he heard their stertorous breathing close at hand, groped for them and shoved tools into their clutch.
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayThere was a dead silence for a few moments, broken only by the stertorous breathing of the man upon the couch.
The Mynns' Mystery | George Manville FennIt, too, was empty, except for a figure breathing with drunken and stertorous stupor in a chair at one corner.
The Code of the Mountains | Charles Neville BuckTom's breathing became stertorous, and that, in connection with morphia poisoning, means danger.
Sixes and Sevens | O. Henry
British Dictionary definitions for stertorous
/ (ˈstɜːtərəs) /
marked or accompanied by heavy snoring
breathing in this way
Derived forms of stertorous
- stertorously, adverb
- stertorousness, noun
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