sleepwalking

adjective

as in comatose

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  1. comatose
  2. somnambulant
  3. semiconscious
  4. hypnotized
Adjective
  • Johnson plays Lowen Ashleigh, a down-on-her-luck ghost writer hired to complete a bestselling thriller series for the novelist Verity Crawford (Hathaway) after she is rendered comatose in an accident.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Back on Earth, the band remain comatose and their predicament triggers an obscure rule of the underworld known as the Coma Clause, which keeps the Gates of Hell open to them for as long as their bodies remain alive.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of comatose
Adjective
  • But his delivery proved so funny that Hughes put him in the film, teaching somnambulant students.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Although the scenes in the past consist of long conversations, that dialogue is provocative and confrontational, in ways that make what’s happening in Silo 18 feel somnambulant.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of somnambulant
Adjective
  • Arriving officers located the moped driver, an adult man, who appeared to be semiconscious, police said.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
  • Epstein had previously been placed under suicide watch after he was found semiconscious in his cell with a noose around his neck more than two weeks earlier.
    — Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
Definition of semiconscious
Adjective
  • Therapy sessions can be scary, especially the ones that rely on semi-hypnotized journeys into hidden pasts.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 June 2026
Definition of hypnotized
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“Sleepwalking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleepwalking. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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