somnambulant

adjective

Definition of somnambulantnext
as in comatose

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Recent Examples of somnambulant But his delivery proved so funny that Hughes put him in the film, teaching somnambulant students. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026 Although the scenes in the past consist of long conversations, that dialogue is provocative and confrontational, in ways that make what’s happening in Silo 18 feel somnambulant. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026 The John Chayka era is already a significant contrast from the Brad Treliving era, especially compared with last season’s somnambulant lack of transactions. — James Mirtle, New York Times, 23 June 2026 Finn does his best to keep an eye on his somnambulant sister, and in one scene, follows her clear across town to the basement where the Grabber had held him. — Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025 Later Clay sits handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser when the cops stop a mute, possibly somnambulant woman who has three vertical eye slits in her face. — Ed Park, The New York Review of Books, 14 Mar. 2023 Across the Capitol, the fallout from FTX quickly overshadowed what normally might be a somnambulant hearing in the Senate Banking Committee about credit unions. — Tony Romm, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Nov. 2022 While the current Corolla is both one of the more fuel-efficient options in its class and thoroughly somnambulant in its driving character, the high-performance GR variant is aimed purely at maximum performance. — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 8 Nov. 2022 Fields has much bigger fish to fry — namely awakening a somnambulant passing attack that has produced an NFL-worst 153 yards through two games. — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for somnambulant
  1. comatose
  2. semiconscious
Adjective
  • Naturally, many of those accounts invoke Ben Stein and his comatose class.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Bregman had one of the two hits off Cease on a day when the Cubs offense was comatose for long stretches.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of comatose
Adjective
  • Arriving officers located the moped driver, an adult man, who appeared to be semiconscious, police said.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
  • Epstein had previously been placed under suicide watch after he was found semiconscious in his cell with a noose around his neck more than two weeks earlier.
    — Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
Definition of semiconscious

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“Somnambulant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/somnambulant. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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