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View synonyms for stertorous

stertorous

[ stur-ter-uhs ]

adjective

  1. characterized by stertor or heavy snoring.
  2. breathing in this manner.


stertorous

/ ˈstɜːtərəs /

adjective

  1. marked or accompanied by heavy snoring
  2. breathing in this way
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈstertorousness, noun
  • ˈstertorously, adverb
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Other Words From

  • sterto·rous·ly adverb
  • sterto·rous·ness noun
  • post·sterto·rous adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stertorous1

First recorded in 1795–1805; stertor + -ous
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Example Sentences

A series of low, stertorous growls followed, growls that made my blood run cold!

Mayo, when he heard their stertorous breathing close at hand, groped for them and shoved tools into their clutch.

There was a dead silence for a few moments, broken only by the stertorous breathing of the man upon the couch.

It, too, was empty, except for a figure breathing with drunken and stertorous stupor in a chair at one corner.

Tom's breathing became stertorous, and that, in connection with morphia poisoning, means danger.

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