dormant
Meaning of dormant
adjective
- (of an animal) having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep.
dormant butterflies
- temporarily inactive or inoperative.
that dormant urge to write fiction has re-emerged
the successful consortium included a dormant company
the event evoked memories that she would rather had lain dormant
- (of an animal) depicted lying with its head on its paws.
late Middle English (in the senses ‘fixed in position’ and ‘latent’): from Old French, ‘sleeping’, present participle of dormir, from Latin dormire ‘to sleep’.
Information about dormant
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of dormant is: dormants.
- Languages in which dormant is used:
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Hyphenation of dormant
dor-mant
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- dormant is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
dormant synonyms
Meaning inactive:
Meaning sleeping:
Meaning hibernating:
Meaning in a state of sleep:
Meaning sleep:
Meaning cease work or movement in order to relax, sleep, or recover strength:
Meaning be situated or kept in a particular place:
Meaning be half asleep; doze intermittently:
Meaning extremely lethargic or sleepy:
Meaning (of a person) lying face upwards:
Meaning accepting or allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance:
Meaning lacking the ability or strength to move:
Meaning (of a quality or state) existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden or concealed:
Meaning (of farmland) ploughed and harrowed but left for a period without being sown in order to restore its fertility or to avoid surplus production:
Meaning in a state or period of inactivity or dormancy:
Meaning not working or taking effect:
Meaning showing no activity; dull and sluggish:
Meaning slow-moving or inactive:
Meaning affected by lethargy; sluggish and apathetic:
Meaning not moving; stationary:
Meaning not moving; motionless:
dormant antonyms
Meaning not asleep:
Meaning engaging or ready to engage in physically energetic pursuits:
Anagrams of dormant
Words that rhyme with dormant
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