Antonyms for comatose

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kom-uh-tohs, koh-muh-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒm əˌtoʊs, ˈkoʊ mə-

Definition of comatose

Origin : 1755, from Latinized form of Greek komat-, comb. form of koma (genitive komatos; see coma) + -ose (1). Perhaps immediately from French comateux. Transferred sense of "lethargic" is from 1828.

adj unconscious

Example sentences :

The survivors were in two sorts of panic—the comatose, and the madly violent.
Extract from : « The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 » by Various

In a comatose state; but is roused to attention by calling him.
Extract from : « North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 » by Various

Then he cleared them all out, and when they came back Hall was comatose.
Extract from : « An American Suffragette » by Isaac N. Stevens

I must have fainted away and the doctor told you I was in a comatose state, eh?
Extract from : « Crown and Anchor » by John Conroy Hutcheson

He was very delirious for some days, restless, sleepless, then comatose.
Extract from : « Life of John Coleridge Patteson » by Charlotte M. Yonge

For hours he was speechless, and to every appearance in a comatose condition.
Extract from : « Walt Whitman in Mickle Street » by Elizabeth Leavitt Keller

Under the crushing blow he sank, a comatose heap, on the floor.
Extract from : « The Burglars' Club » by Henry A. Hering

I fought them with insect powder, and found them comatose in the morning.
Extract from : « Tono Bungay » by H. G. Wells

At 10 A.M. on Sunday he was comatose, but not profoundly; he could be aroused.
Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various

As a rule, these patients are comatose because of the presence of kidney disease.
Extract from : « Essays In Pastoral Medicine » by Austin Malley

Synonyms for comatose

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