Antonyms for dormant

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dawr-muhnt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɔr mənt

Definition of dormant

Origin : late 14c., "fixed in place," from Old French dormant (12c.), present participle of dormir "to sleep," from Latin dormire "to sleep," from PIE root *drem- "to sleep" (cf. Old Church Slavonic dremati "to sleep, doze," Greek edrathon "I slept," Sanskrit drati "sleeps"). Meaning "in a resting situation" (in heraldry) is from c.1500. Meaning "sleeping' is from 1620s.

adj inactive; sleeping

Example sentences :

Yet she wondered if the instinct were not dormant, needing but the suggestion.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

Perhaps you reply that the soul is there, but in a dormant condition.
Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle

This letter suggests that the Kelly process had been dormant since 1858.
Extract from : « The Beginnings of Cheap Steel » by Philip W. Bishop

He meant to have no mercy on her until he had roused her dormant caution.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

Pray give her some stimulant to arouse her dormant faculties, if only for a moment.
Extract from : « The Masked Bridal » by Mrs. Georgie Sheldon

This pointed statement of the case awoke Dick's dormant conscience.
Extract from : « Half a Hero » by Anthony Hope

In the dormant season cut these laterals back to about two feet.
Extract from : « Walnut Growing in Oregon » by Various

To be successfully transplanted, it must be handled when dormant.
Extract from : « Handbook of the Trees of New England » by Lorin Low Dame

There is no doubt that all these emotions are dormant in many people.
Extract from : « Joyous Gard » by Arthur Christopher Benson

With lime-sulphur, winter strength, on the dormant wood in early spring.
Extract from : « Apple Growing » by M. C. Burritt

Synonyms for dormant

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