Synonyms for supine

Grammar : Adj

Spell : adjective soo-pahyn; noun soo-pahyn

Phonetic Transcription : adjective suˈpaɪn; noun ˈsu paɪn

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Définition of supine

Origin : c.1500, from Latin supinus "turned or thrown backwards, inactive, indolent," related to sub "under" (see sub-). The grammatical use for "Latin verbal noun formed from the past participle stem" is from Late Latin supinum verbum "supine verb," perhaps so called because, though furnished with a noun case ending, it "falls back" on the verb.

adj lying down
adj inactive

Example sentences :

For some time after she had been seized by Roderic, she had remained unconscious and supine.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

Supine, routed we rest; and above all, above the universe, is the silence of the Shadow.
Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

He began to sink slowly back into the blankets, supine and inert.
Extract from : « Nicanor - Teller of Tales » by C. Bryson Taylor

Erect or supine, these colossal statues were strewn all over the island.
Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore

One may be melancholy by the sea, but never morbid or supine.
Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 » by Various

The supine position, as in the adult, is imposed only at night.
Extract from : « Stories in Light and Shadow » by Bret Harte

In this supine, hopeless state, the priest could in no way prevail on him.
Extract from : « The Treasure of Pearls » by Gustave Aimard

She was right, because she could not see beneath the rags the supine form of a man.
Extract from : « The Golden Butterfly » by Walter Besant

Thereupon the supine cousins demanded to share in what had so been won.
Extract from : « The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) » by Henry Osborn Taylor

He sang of melancholy, but he was never reconciled to supine resignation.
Extract from : « Idling in Italy » by Joseph Collins

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