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sopor

sopor

9.9
A very deep sleep caused by illness or drugs that is hard to wake from
  • noun
  • /ˈsoʊpər/
  • Specialized
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  • Feeling exhausted from the long journey, he slipped into a blissful sopor as soon as he lay down.

Examples

  • Feeling himself flag and sopor welling up from the road, Bill scrabbled in the pocket of his jacket, located a couple of the bitter little things, and washed them down with a mouthful of flat Coke.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The patient was in a profound sopor during the surgery, only to regain consciousness afterward.

  • After taking the medication, she fell into a deep state of sopor, unable to wake for hours.

Synonyms

sleep
vssopor
178 1.0

A long time of being not active like hibernation or death

is more intense and unnatural and caused by illness or drugs rather than rest
slumber
vssopor
72 3.9

A period when something is asleep or inactive

is deeper and abnormal and usually caused by illness or drugs
stupor
vssopor
  • Specialized
17 7.7

An almost unconscious state when a person cannot think or feel much

is a deeper, unnatural sleeplike state often caused by illness or drugs

Antonyms

alertness
14 2.9

A state of being watchful and ready to notice and act on danger or problems

wakefulness
4 4.7

A period when you are not sleeping, often because you cannot fall asleep at night

How Sleepy

coma
  • Specialized
259 5.4
sopor
  • Specialized
9.9
drowsiness
6 1.8
sleepiness
8 1.0

Surface Forms

sopor singular
sopors plural

Etymology

Sopor comes from the Latin word sopor, which means 'deep sleep'. It shares the same root as soporific ('causing sleep'), so sopor refers to a deep, often drug- or illness-caused sleep that is hard to wake from.