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Antonyms for stertorous


Grammar : Adj
Spell : stur-ter-uh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɜr tər əs



Definition of stertorous

Origin :
  • 1802, from Modern Latin stertor (from Latin stertere "to snore") + -ous.
  • As in raucous : adj noisy, rough
  • As in strident : adj harsh, shrill
  • As in breathless : adj unable to respire normally
  • As in hoarse : adj raspy in voice
Example sentences :
  • There was something ominous about the spasmodic and stertorous breathing.
  • Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day
  • With that enigmatical comment he was silent save for stertorous breathing.
  • Extract from : « Desert Dust » by Edwin L. Sabin
  • He seemed in a profound stupor, but there was no stertorous breathing.
  • Extract from : « Ladies-In-Waiting » by Kate Douglas Wiggin
  • The only sound was the stertorous breathing of the unconscious guard.
  • Extract from : « Gold in the Sky » by Alan Edward Nourse
  • Anne shook him, but he did not awake, his breathing being slow and stertorous.
  • Extract from : « The Trumpet-Major » by Thomas Hardy
  • There was no sound now but of Markart's stertorous breathing.
  • Extract from : « Sophy of Kravonia » by Anthony Hope
  • The only evidence of life about him was the sound of stertorous breathing.
  • Extract from : « The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel » by Marvin Dana
  • Eugene could scarcely stand the sickening, stertorous breathing.
  • Extract from : « The "Genius" » by Theodore Dreiser
  • But in a moment the silence was broken by a deep, stertorous rattle.
  • Extract from : « Ghetto Tragedies » by Israel Zangwill
  • But there was none of the stertorous breathing that preceded trance.
  • Extract from : « Sight Unseen » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Synonyms for stertorous

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