insomnia
/ɪnˈsɒmniə/
insomnia noun: a sleeping disorder that is known for its symptoms of unrest and the inability to sleep.
Noun
insomnia (countable and uncountable, plural insomnias)
- A sleeping disorder that is known for its symptoms of unrest and the inability to sleep.
- My mother suffers from insomnia.
- It’s also possible for insomnia to be caused by restless leg syndrome.2024 March 11, Madeline Holcombe, “What to do on the nights you are struggling with insomnia, according to experts”, in CNN
- Temporary inability to sleep.
insomnia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
insomnia in Hindi
- sleeping disorder
- अनिद्रा anidrā, उन्निद्र unnidra
insomnia in Tamil
- உறக்கமின்மை நோய், இரவு முழுதும் தூக்கமின்மை, உறக்கமின்மை, தூக்க சிரமம், தூக்கம் வராமை, துயிலொழிவு
insomnia in Marathi
- sleeping disorder
- निद्रानाश nidrānāś
insomnia in Urdu
- sleeping disorder
- بے خوابی be xvābī
More languagesFewer languages
- insomnia in Bengali
- অনিদ্রা onidra
- insomnia in Telugu
- నిద్రలేమి nidralēmi
- insomnia in Malayalam
- ഉറക്കമില്ലായ്മ, നിദ്രാഹാനി, നിദ്രാവിഹീനത
- insomnia in Kannada
- ನಿದ್ದೆ ಬಾರದಿರುವುದು, ನಿದ್ರಾಹೀನತೆ, ನಿದ್ರಾಭಾವ, ನಿದ್ರಾರಾಹಿತ್ಯ
- insomnia in Punjabi
- ਅਨੀਂਦਰਾ anīndrā
- insomnia in Gujarati
- અનિદ્રા anidrā
- insomnia in Odia
- ଅନିଦ୍ରା, ନିଦ୍ରାହୀନତା
- insomnia in Sanskrit
- अनिद्रा anidrā
- insomnia in Nepali
- अनिद्रा, निद्राहीनता
- insomnia in Arabic
- أَرَق ʔaraq, سُهْد suhd
- insomnia in Malay
- insomnia
- insomnia in Persian
- بیخوابی bi-xâbi
- insomnia in Thai
- โรคนอนไม่หลับ rôok-nɔɔn-mâi-lòp
- insomnia in Vietnamese
- mất ngủ
- insomnia in Myanmar
- အိပ်မပျော်ခြင်းပြဿနာ ipma.pyauhkrang:pra.ssa.na
Examples of insomnia in a sentence
- Emotional labor can lead to insomnia and family conflict, according to a study published in Personnel Psychology.
- “Well, I have a choice of what to think about when I have insomnia at night.
- PTSD may cause mania-like hypervigilance and insomnia as well as nightmares.
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Forms of insomnia
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Origin of insomnia
Borrowed from Latin īnsomnia, from Latin in- (“without”) + somnus (“sleep”, noun) + -ia, equivalent to in- + somn- + -ia.
Words formed from insomnia
Phrases with insomnia
Questions about insomnia
- What does insomnia mean?
- Insomnia means a sleeping disorder that is known for its symptoms of unrest and the inability to sleep.
- What is insomnia in Hindi?
- Insomnia in Hindi is अनिद्रा (anidrā), उन्निद्र (unnidra). See Insomnia meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is insomnia?
- Insomnia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce insomnia?
- Insomnia is pronounced /ɪnˈsɒmniə/.
- What is the plural of insomnia?
- The plural of insomnia is insomnias.
Words near insomnia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: insomnia (page history and authors); insomnia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insomnia (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insomnia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insomnia (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); insomnia (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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