comatose
/ˈkəʊ.məˌtoʊs/US/ˈkoʊ.məˌtoʊs/
comatose adjective: in a coma: unconscious.
Adjective
comatose (comparative more comatose, superlative most comatose)
- In a coma: unconscious.
- the patient was comatose for 2 weeks before finally passing away.
- Drowsy or lethargic.
- Weary of big Sunday dinners that leave you feeling comatose (and result in your having to spend Sunday evening scrubbing the kitchen)?1988, Vicki Lansky, Fat-proofing your children-- so that they never become diet-addicted adults., page 24
- The thought of food snapped her out of her comatose demeanor.2009, Joel Schnoor, I Laid an Egg on Aunt Ruth's Head, page 180
- Fast asleep.
- She was lying comatose on the sofa.
Verb
comatose (third-person singular simple present comatoses, present participle comatosing, simple past and past participle comatosed)
- To make comatose; to send into, or as if into, a coma.
- killing everybody is a stupid idea, and comatosing everybody is equally so.1998 February 8, rob, “Death Penalty”, in nz.general (Usenet)
- [Liverpool is] #1 in the league for murdering and comatosing fans of othe rclubs.2006 July 26, Mike Hunt, “Ranking. Nice.”, in uk.sport.football.clubs.liverpool (Usenet)
comatose meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
comatose in Tamil
- மீளாமத்தூயில் நிலை
comatose in Urdu
- غافل
comatose in Bengali
- অচেতন, গভীর নিদ্রাবস্থায়
comatose in Malayalam
- unconscious, in a coma, insensible
- പ്രജ്ഞാശൂന്യമായ, ബോധമില്ലാത്ത, നഷ്ടചേതന, നഷ്ടപ്രജ്ഞ, ഓർമ്മ നശിച്ച, വിബുദ്ധ
- inactive, inert, lethargic
- ഉറക്കം തൂങ്ങിയായ, ഉണർവ്വില്ലാത്ത, നിദ്രാവസ്ഥയിലായ, നിശ്ചേഷ്ടം, ജഡം, അകർമ്മണ്യ
More languagesFewer languages
- comatose in Kannada
- ವಿಸ್ಮೃತಿ ತರುವ, ನಿದ್ರೆಯ, ಅತಿಸುಪ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ, ದೀರ್ಘ ನಿದ್ರೆಯ
Examples of comatose in a sentence
- I felt comatose, passing time instead of living as passions went unfulfilled.2009, Daylle Deanna Schwartz, Nice Girls Can Finish First, page xi:
- But most of all I'm sick of feeling comatose, like I'm walking through a fog.2015, Delilah S. Dawson, Servants of the Storm, page 14:
Forms of comatose
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more comatose |
| superlative | most comatose |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | comatoses |
| present participle | comatosing |
| past participle | comatosed |
| past | comatosed |
Origin of comatose
Perhaps from French comateux, or from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep”) (genitive κώματος (kṓmatos)). Equivalent to coma + -ose (“full of”)
Words formed from comatose
- comatoast
- comatose fever
- comatosely
- comatoseness
- comatose sleep
- erotocomatose
- precomatose
- semicomatose
Questions about comatose
- What does comatose mean?
- Comatose means in a coma: unconscious.
- What is comatose in Tamil?
- Comatose in Tamil is மீளாமத்தூயில் நிலை. See Comatose meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use comatose in a sentence?
- I felt comatose, passing time instead of living as passions went unfulfilled.
- What part of speech is comatose?
- Comatose can be an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce comatose?
- Comatose is pronounced /ˈkəʊ.məˌtoʊs/ (UK).
Words near comatose in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: comatose (page history and authors); comatose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); comatose (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); comatose (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); comatose (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); comatose (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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