dormant

Speech parts

1. dormant - Noun

2. dormant - Adjective

3. dormant - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles.

In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguished from couchant.

A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep."

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sleeping inactive quiescent hibernating still suspended unemployed asleep idle latent torpid abeyant resting unrealized slack
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Antonyms

active used working living animal operating
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Phrases with the word

be dormant dormant bacterium dormant period dormant season lying dormant in a dormant state

Anagrams

mordant

Examples

her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened Source: Internet

a dormant volcano Source: Internet

dormant buds Source: Internet

a hibernating bear Source: Internet

torpid frogs Source: Internet

According to Harriet Ingle, a researcher in climate psychology at Glasgow Caledonian University, hot weather can incite rage in us that otherwise might lie dormant. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

dormancy spore Dormand-Prince method Dormansland dormant account dormant bacterium dormant cave