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Synonyms for dormant
ˈdɔr məntdor·mant
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dormant, hibernating(a), torpidadjective
in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
"dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs"
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active, erect, eruptive, awake(p), vertical, uprightdormant, inactiveadjective
(of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
"a dormant volcano"
Synonyms:
passive, sleeping, dormant(ip), abeyant, still, inactive, hibernating(a), nonoperational, static, motionless, torpidAntonyms:
active, vertical, erect, awake(p), eruptive, uprightdormant(ip), sleepingadjective
lying with head on paws as if sleeping
Antonyms:
awake(p), erect, upright, eruptive, active, verticalabeyant, dormantadjective
inactive but capable of becoming active
"her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"
Synonyms:
abeyant, inactive, sleeping, dormant(ip), hibernating(a), torpidAntonyms:
erect, eruptive, awake(p), active, vertical, upright
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#390 | still | |
#2711 | static | |
#5468 | sleeping | |
#8588 | passive | |
#9013 | idle | |
#10035 | unused | |
#10506 | inactive | |
#14279 | latency | |
#18352 | latent | |
#26145 | dormant | |
#27289 | inert | |
#32205 | undeveloped | |
#44165 | motionless | |
#51881 | quiescent | |
#69624 | dormancy | |
#92404 | unrealised | |
#106267 | slumbering | |
#188091 | torpid |
How to use dormant in a sentence?
The seeds of greatness lie dormant within, waiting for the nurturing touch of purpose to awaken them.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
I will be asked about him until my dying days it just goes with the territory. Hes a beloved character. I was honored to play the role and I rejuvenated a franchise that had been dormant. HALLE BERRY CHOOSES NEXT JAMES BOND STAR : ID GO FOR HIM Brosnan previously endorsed Tom Hardy as the next Bond, telling The Mail on Sunday in 2018, I think Tom Hardy could be a good Bond. Id be happy to see him do it. You need an actor who can put a bit of wiggle into it thats what makes Bond. FORMER BOND DIRECTOR SAYS ROBERT PATTINSON SHOULD BE THE NEXT 007 Brosnan also addressed the womanizing spy potentially needing to adapt to a post - #MeToo era. Without question, yes... The #MeToo movement has been relevant and significant and well needed in our society.
Tidal disruption events offer us this rare view at the most common kind of supermassive black hole in the universe— these so-called dormant supermassive black holes, tidal disruption events, where the stellar debris causes the formation of a temporary accretion disk, offers us a way to probe this population of supermassive black holes.
The unique personality which is the real life in me, I can not gain unless I search for the real life, the spiritual quality, in others. I am myself spiritually dead unless I reach out to the fine quality dormant in others. For it is only with the god enthroned in the innermost shrine of the other, that the god hidden in me, will consent to appear.
Translations for dormant
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- نائمةArabic
- неактивен, спящ, латентенBulgarian
- latentCatalan, Valencian
- inaktiv, schlafendGerman
- κοιμώμενος, κοιμισμένος, αδρανήςGreek
- latenteSpanish
- خفتهPersian
- horroksessa olevaFinnish
- dormant, endormi, inactifFrench
- dìomhairScottish Gaelic
- terbengkalaiIndonesian
- 休眠中, 休止中Japanese
- 잠자는Korean
- sopitamLatin
- sovendeNorwegian
- suspendat, inactivRomanian
- неактивный, спящий, уснувший, латентныйRussian
- నిద్రాణమైనTelugu
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