Synonyms for insomnia


Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-som-nee-uh
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈsɒm ni ə


Définition of insomnia

Origin :
  • 1620s, insomnie, from Latin insomnia "want of sleep," from insomnis "sleepless," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + somnus "sleep" (see Somnus). The modern form is from 1758.
  • noun inability to sleep soundly
Example sentences :
  • The dry, the almost sandy sensation of insomnia was upon her.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • But it is good fun, if exhausting, and a sovereign cure for insomnia.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan
  • "He suffers so from insomnia, I don't blame him," answered Pen.
  • Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow
  • What the world lost by this insomnia of the dreamer the world will never know.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Mormons » by William Alexander Linn
  • Let us now consider the case of a person suffering from insomnia.
  • Extract from : « Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion » by Emile Cou
  • "No, I have insomnia—it's something dreadful the way I have it," he explained.
  • Extract from : « Margarita's Soul » by Ingraham Lovell
  • Insomnia was prevalent, and gray hairs increased and multiplied.
  • Extract from : « Aladdin & Co. » by Herbert Quick
  • What months of insomnia must he not have suffered from the perusal of Shakespeare's works!
  • Extract from : « Milton » by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh
  • He suffered from terrible headaches, followed by nights of insomnia.
  • Extract from : « Original Short Stories of Maupassant, Volume 1 » by Guy de Maupassant
  • If he were asleep—and he was not troubled with insomnia—he was still company.
  • Extract from : « The Golden House » by Charles Dudley Warner

Antonyms for insomnia

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