noun🔗ShareSomnolence, torpeurThe state of being sleepy and inactive."in a drowse"Dans un état de somnolence.physiologymindbodysensationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSomnoler, s'assoupirTo be sleepy and inactive."After a big lunch, I began to drowse in my comfortable chair. "Après un gros déjeuner, j'ai commencé à somnoler dans mon fauteuil confortable.physiologysensationconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSomnoler, s'assoupirTo nod off; to fall asleep."The lecture was so boring that the student started to drowse. "La conférence était si ennuyeuse que l'étudiant a commencé à somnoler.physiologymindbodyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSomnolerTo advance drowsily. (Used especially in the phrase "drowse one's way" ⇒ sleepily make one's way.)"After a large lunch, he would drowse his way through the afternoon meeting, struggling to stay awake. "Après un déjeuner copieux, il somnolait pendant la réunion de l'après-midi, luttant pour rester éveillé.physiologyactionsensationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAssoupir, somnolerTo make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid."The warm afternoon sun tended to drowse the students during the history lecture. "Le soleil chaud de l'après-midi avait tendance à assoupir les étudiants pendant le cours d'histoire.physiologymindsensationconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
